Tips & Clues

Settings (in Vista and Windows 7) to access Samba Shares...

Posted Wed, 09/14/2011 - 20:17 by donmc

Microsoft Vista’s default security policy is to only use NTLMv2 authentication. I am not sure what the setting is by default in Windows 7 - so this may apply there too.

Note that NTLMv2 authentication is supported in Samba 3.0+

Seems like we ought to be heading towards Kerberos for all our authentication needs in the longer term.

See the forum discussion on this at:
http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/codemonkeybusiness/viewblogpost.htm?p=...

HP Array Configuration Utility in a Redhat Linux Server

Posted Mon, 07/11/2011 - 09:20 by donmc

To review the HP Drive Array Diagnostics in a Redhat Linux Server:

Start the services:
hp-health System Health Monitor and Command line Utility Package.
hpsmhd    System Management Homepage server.

Then start the "Array Configuration Utility":

# sudo  /usr/sbin/cpqacuxe -R

Then browse to the URL on your server (in this example 10.2.2.1):
https://10.2.2.1:2381

Great Visio Resource

Posted Fri, 06/24/2011 - 09:53 by donmc

Greg Ferro has great ideas for representation of complex VLAN & routing layouts in Visio:
http://etherealmind.com/category/network-diagrams/

Mount an NTFS Filesystem in Linux

Posted Sat, 04/30/2011 - 23:17 by donmc

Under CentOS 5.6 OR Redhat Enterprise Linux RHEL 5.6
To mount NTFS file systems, you'll need to do this:
mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt

CentOS 5.6 HTTP Install

Posted Sat, 04/23/2011 - 13:39 by donmc

Website Name: mirror.centos.org
CentOS Directory: centos/5.6/os/i386

Sprint EVO 4G data reset procedure

Posted Wed, 04/06/2011 - 08:26 by donmc

In order to get your data working again after an outage of 3G or 4G you need to do the following in sequence:

  1. Phone this number: ##3283#
  2. Hit "EDIT" - it will prompt for a password
  3. Hit 287804
  4. Hit "OK"
  5. Select "DATA PROFILE"
  6. Go to Menu --> Restore
  7. Hit "OK" [Twice]

It will reboot, and do stuff...
Then, once it has fully rebooted, go to: Menu/Settings/System Updates/Update Profile
Once that is done, your data connection via 3G or 4G should be repaired.

Windows 7 Upgrade Clean Install - How to get it to accept the Upgrade Key

Posted Fri, 11/19/2010 - 12:36 by donmc

How to Install Windows 7 to a NEW Drive using an Upgrade DVD

I recently had to deal with Microsoft Support on this issue, and I can save you a great deal of time by passing on this procedure to you. Here's the scenario: you want to upgrade to a new monster SATA drive, and do a clean install of Windows 7 from an UPGRADE DVD, but the way the upgrade is setup, you need to first install the VISTA or XP version of windows so that the upgrade can run without activation errors. Well, I'm told by Microsoft Support that the following sequence will work: Read more »

Find CPU info in Linux

Posted Mon, 06/21/2010 - 07:04 by donmc
This command will give you all of the known info regarding the processor(s) under linux: 
# less /proc/cpuinfo

Manual Start/Stop of the GUI in Ubuntu

Posted Wed, 05/12/2010 - 20:16 by donmc

To stop the GUI:

Code:
The easist way is to open a terminal and execute these commands:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop

And then ctrl+alt+backspace to end your current session

To restart the GUI:

sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start

Windows Live Mail - the missing menus

Posted Fri, 04/02/2010 - 15:24 by donmc

Those out there that use(ed) Outlook Express should know that there is no such thing in Windows 7. Also true in Vista, where "Windows Mail" was released.

Yet another major change for Windows 7: the new (free) email client is called "Windows Live Mail" and the most annoying new "Feature" is the missing menus.

To see the old menu you are looking for; hit the "ALT" key by itself. Then, the menu will magically appear.

Mystery solved!

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