On Fedora 17, I put a file into /etc/cron.daily with the following contents:
cd /
su dstahlke /home/dstahlke/bin/anacron-daily.sh
exit 0
For some reason, I get a mail every day that just says
/etc/cron.daily/dstahlke-daily:
...killed.
I tried with and without the exit 0 line above (I noticed that some system scripts have that and others…
I want to open an application on another computer on the same network via the command line. The scenario here is that the user is in a room surrounded by about 20 computers and wants to be able to launch the same app on every computer without walking from screen to screen opening it up on each individual machine. I've discovered that I can get…
My HTPC is downstairs connected to my large screen. I would like to use my desktop upstairs to record over the air HDTV and stream it to the HTPC. I have Windows 7 Professional installed on the desktop. I currently have XP on the HTPC, but I'm going to upgrade it to Windows 7. Is there a particular flavor of Win 7 I should use?
Is it…
I'm using Firefox 8.0 and am enjoying the Group your tabs feature:
But I'm not always good at keeping it organized. I'm trying to find a way to automatically put certain domains in certain groups. Probably through a plug-in? All the tab related plug-ins just help cluster your tabs together and don't actually work with the "Group your…
Last fall I forgot to set the time on my camera back an hour. I used jhead to change the time in the EXIF data:
jhead -ta-1 IMG_1177.JPG
but Picasa didn't notice. OS is Windows XP.
If I right-click the picture in Picasa and choose Properties, in the top section of the dialog it shows "Date: 3/6/2010 11:22:54 AM" but in the…
I have a FTP server and while doing testing I found an odd issue that I don't understand. I send a RETR command on file "/Folder1/file.txt" and it works fine. Then I send a RETR command on file "/Folder1/SubFolder1/file.txt" and it times out on transfering the data to the client. This was in active mode. When I switch to passive…
$ loopy
Command 'loopy' is available in '/usr/games/loopy'
The command could not be located because '/usr/games' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
loopy: command not found
Every answer I've found just says to add it to my .profile... but this should be be in the PATH for all users, and was up until recently (I…
On a computer I'm not an administrator on, there is a startup file (.cmd file in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup) for all users. It does several things I don't like, so I have created my own .cmd file which I have placed in C:\Documents and Settings\[user]\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.
I want my…
Im having some serious trouble making CoovaAP-powered router get network settings from modem. Wireless router works in captive portal mode (so it handles user login on the same device). But DNS settings and connection ip (for router) are not set as they supposed to via DHCP on modem. It makes installation in other location…
I develop software on a Macbook Air 1.6 Ghz but find running Rails test suites and generators on this computer very slow. I'm thinking about buying a Linux tower to put on my local wireless network to do my Rails development on. I would want to use my Macbook Air and ssh into the Linux box and do my development with Gnu…
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 on my Acer Aspire One netbook.
The wireless connection works great, but the wired is totally dead.
When I plug the Ethernet wire, the little led next to the port doesn't blink.
If I do ifconfig, this is the output:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 …
I recently bought a Chinese brand DVR (to record security cams). The DVR exports the video files with a ".264" extension. This is my first time ever dealing with this video format.
Anyhow I've been trying to convert the videos to any other format so it will be easier to watch the videos.
The problem is that I…
I am in a similar situation as question Can I fine-tune my screen brightness? . For me, Thinkpad T420s and Ubuntu Studio 11.10. The brightness keys work fine but the increments are too large. I have the /sys/class/backlight/acpi_video0 and I can see the value of actual_brightness changing as I use the…
I would like to extend my LVM partition. First I did
lvextend -L +100G /dev/server/home
Now I still have to extend the filesystem. The tutorials tell me to use resize2fs, but that only works for ext2 and ext3. I'm not even sure what filesystem I have...
fdisk /dev/server/home/
doesn't work...…
Trying to figure out server side SSH jump hosts logic. Current network schema:
[Client] <--> [Server A: hostname: a.com] <--> [Server B]
[Client] <--> [Server A: hostname: b.com] <--> [Server C]
Server A responds to both DNS records.
Possible flow:
Client opens a ssh…
This question is about a iptables, I wanna to know how can I block these ip for 1hour and not only a little time.. because they make to many sql requests, I'm using it for block but it's not enough because there's anyway 100k ip who attack then too much requests for sql server.
iptables -N…
I have a SANS DIGITAL TowerRAID TR8M-BP (with the RocketRaid 622 raid device) with 5 x SAMSUNG Spinpoint F4 HD204UI 2TB 5400 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s harddrives in a raid 5. It connects via 2-esata cables. My drivers are up to date.
When I'm writing data to the drives my computer stutters…
I've got a CakePHP application that uses a MSSql server running on windows server 2008r2 enterprise using IIS 7.5
My application is the only website running and is installed into wwwroot with cakephp installed to c:\inetpub (one level up from the site)
I want to copy this site so i…
I'd like to have two shortcuts to Visual Studio on my taskbar: one with default settings and a second modified to always run as admin.
I know I can manually start a copy with admin rights by right clicking on the shortcut and then right clicking on the name of the application and…
I'm putting servers on a rack for the first time, and am thinking a 4-post open frame rack is adequate for my needs. I'm putting in a few HP DL 385's and a few other things. What I'm wondering is if there's reason to be picky about the rack selection. I'm not concerned about heat…
I want my computer to be in the basement, but to use it on the first floor. Which cables should I run through the floor? Can some be wireless or other methods?
Here are some of the options I've thought of:
Basic: Run DVI, usb (mouse), usb (keyboard), and audio cable (4 cables)
…
We are trying to run the Preparation Wizard for Essential Business Server 2008 and receive the following error.
"A list of servers could not be collected from Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS). Ensure that your network is functioning correctly and that this computer can…
I have this HUGELY irritating problem on Windows 7 (x64). Whenever I click on ANY link (that exists on a Word document, Excel or Outlook), I get an alert box with the message:
This operation has been canceled due to restrictions in effect on this computer
I have been…