Tips & Clues

I myself use this low-level-we-need-the-command-line-for-this method: http://linuxmint.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3969 Or: Take a look here .... the backup tool they discuss there is called "hubackup" and you can install it via "Synaptic": https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HomeUserBackup http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...89#post3795689 ...

HP Proliant DL380 G3, HP diagnostic/configuration tools Well.. I was surfing around trying to figure out an easy way to configure and diagnose the SCSI Smart Array 5i Plus that came with my server. It turns out HP does include some software for Debian which might be useful for us. For the sake of making these files public so that more people (who are much better at this than myself) can use and t...

Useful Samba Networking Commands There are several useful commands available to the Samba network admin. When it comes to networking, there are two important points of view... what the server sees and what the client sees. Windows networking relies on extensive (and complex) caching on each client. Sometimes a wait of 5-15 minutes will solve network 'issues' on a client. Other times the se...

I have just today upgraded the site to version 6 ! This is a very significant upgrade, and some care was needed to avoid issues as I moved forward... But the benefits are many, and I now look forward to playing with the theming modules (for developers) and so on... Don...

Thanks to: http://www.techlifeweb.com/google/desktop_tips.html Google Desktop is now part of the Google Pack. Google Pack is a set of utilities that Google has packaged together into a single download. When you go to download the pack you can select all or just a single application. Even if all you use the pack for is Google Desktop it is a nice way to get it because Google Pack notifies you w...

Delete ALL the files and folders in: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Acrobat 6.0\Acrobat\plug_ins Then run repair mode [Acrobat 6.0 application window, Help / Detect and Repair] The repair will replace the missing files in the plug-ins folder with working versions....

25 (for SMTP e-mail) 443 (for HTTP SSL for Remote Web Workplace and OWA) 4125 (required for Remote Web Workplace) 1701 (for LT2P), 1723 (for VPN PPTP) 4125 and 3389 (for Remote Desktop administration and terminal services connections) ...

The SQL command syntax to do this in phpMyAdmin is: UPDATE users SET pass = md5('new_password') WHERE uid = 1 ...

Ramon Ray: Tech Basics 6 Technology Rules to Thrive This year, consider implementing these rules that can give your business a boost. By Ramon Ray | January 31, 2008 Over the past few weeks, I've been thinking about the following six rules I created that I believe will really help you boost your business. There are plenty of other technology rules to keep i...

http://pigtail.net/LRP/printsrv/cygwin-sshd.html See the above URL for this detailed description on how to install/use SSH for these O/Ses. According to some cygwin gods, the only official document that you should use is /usr/share/doc/Cygwin/openssh.README which is probably valid, but it seems to aim at users with a fair bit of Linux/Unix knowledge. The purpose of this tutorial is for Win...