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How to Manually Update a GIT Application
This procedure should be used when a program that was installed using GIT fails to update. No need to run the commands as root. 1. Change directory to the folder where the program is installed: cd /home/myapp 2. Remove staged and working directory changes: git reset –hard 3. Update the program: git pull 4. All…
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How to Rename a Network Interface in Linux
This procedure is useful when a new network card is installed and the system won’t initialize the new card. The problem is that the ID of old and new card is the same. For some reason the system does not automatically comment out or remove the entry of the old card. So you have to…
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Active Directory Query for Logins by Username
1. In the Event Viewer / Security Log and click Filter Current Log in the action pane. 2. Switch over to the XML tab and tick the Edit Query Manually box. Press Yes when prompted. 3. Edit the XML query as needed. Modify the AccountName to suit your needs. * [EventData[Data[@Name=’subjectUsername’]=’AccountName’]]
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How to Create a Bootable OS X Yosemite ISO
Hello! Below are instructions on how to create a bootable ISO image of OS X Yosemite 10.10. # Mount the installer image hdiutil attach /Applications/Install\ OS\ X\ Yosemite.app/Contents/SharedSupport/InstallESD.dmg -noverify -nobrowse -mountpoint /Volumes/install_app # Convert the boot image to a sparse bundle hdiutil convert /Volumes/install_app/BaseSystem.dmg -format UDSP -o /tmp/Yosemite # Increase the sparse bundle capacity to…
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How to Enable User Quotas and Notifications in Windows Server 2008 R2
1. Install the File Server Resource Monitor Role, if not already installed. 2. Configure the email server to allow the server in question to relay emails. * In an environment with multiple Hub Transport servers make sure you enable this on all HT servers 3. Configure SMTP settings * Open the FSRM console and right-click…
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How to Change the iDRAC Password in the CLI
If the option to change the password is not available in the GUI of the iDRAC, you can change it from the CLI. SSH in to the iDRAC, and issue the following command. Be sure to replace “NewPassword” with the actual password that you would like to use. racadm config -g cfgUserAdmin -o cfgUserAdminPassword -i…
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How to change Webmin SMTP settings and software update notifications
As part of a project to upgrade Exchange 2003 to 2010 I found a few Linux servers that were configured to use the Exchange 2003 server to send out notifications. I learned this by running a report in the Message Tracking Center from the Exchange System Manager. I looked for anything that was going through…
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How to Disable SSL v2 and Weak Ciphers
Disable SSL v2 Click Start, click Run, type regedit, and then click OK. In Registry Editor, locate the following registry key/folder: HKey_Local_Machine\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\SecurityProviders\SCHANNEL\Protocols Right-click on the SSL 2.0 folder and select New and then click Key. Name the new folder Server. Inside the Server folder, click the Edit menu, select New, and click DWORD (32-bit) Value.…
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How to add and remove events to users’ calendar in Exchange 2010
A) Adding events to a user’s calendar 1. Create a test mailbox and add the event(s) you want. 2. Run this command at the Exchange Powershell to export the user’s calendar to a PST file New-MailboxExportRequest -Mailbox “testmailbox” -IncludeFolders “#Calendar#” -FilePath “\\myshare\events.pst” 3. Check the status of the export request. Once the request is…
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How to Resize a Partition on a Linux Virtual Machine using LVM
1. Check the current disk utilization: df -h 2. Increase the virtual disk size in vmWare 3. Mount the gParted ISO to the VM and set to automatically connect on boot 4. Reboot the VM 5. Use gParted to resize the partition. When done, change the CD/DVD drive back to client device and reboot. 6.…