On *nix, admins can use the setuid flag to allow non-admins to run certain programs that would otherwise require admin privileges. Is there any way to do something similar in Windows 7?
This question has been asked here before for Windows XP, and the answers were generally unsatisfying. I'm wondering if Windows 7 provides a better way.
One idea I…
I need to run Windows to be able to use a feature for some remote work. However, I would rather not have a full-blown 20GB (or much more) Windows 8 install for Parallels. Is there a go-to site to have a barebones Windows virtual environment on a mac? Something like Windows XP with nLite done for a mac install? (Using Parallels or something else.)
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I'm trying to run commands such as "cmd.exe", "appwiz.cpl" etc by typing it in the Search box of the Start Menu in Windows 7 (x86). I'm able to do this just fine in Vista.
After typing in "cmd" I notice that I see a link to "Programs" in the start menu so it seems that "cmd" is being recognized but when I click on "Programs" link which is shown,I…
I tried to run sshfs through ssh in one command.
For example, if I do :
$ ssh user@host
user@host$ sshfs host:/src /target
Everything is ok.
Now, if I tried this in one command :
ssh -t "sshfs host:/src /target"
But not mounted point. By using sshfs debug option, it seems volume is mounted and immediately unmounted when ssh connection…
Hi all, im getting a bit stuck regarding options for running python scripts on my server. From the research ive done so far, i can see i need to modify apache slightly to run python scripts, by using either mod_wsgi or mod_python. Two issues i have:
mod_python doesnt appear to be maintained anymore (last release, 2007)
mod_wsgi appears to…
I have supervisord to start nagiosapi everytime the server starts. The API created a status dump file called status.dat, which will get updated periodically. The following is the conf file that starts the api.
[program:nagapi]
directory = /home/nagapi
user = api
command = /bin/bash -c "source…
How can I simultaneously run dozens of PHP scripts in the background from XAMPP's command line interface?
Someone suggested a batch file, but when I tried executing this:
start php 1.php
start php 2.php
start php 3.php
It only opened a command prompt window; I closed that window, then two…
When I run Emacs from Tmux, the Home and End keys do not work (Home key runs the Search command as if C-s was pressed). The problem started when I added this in my ~/.bashrc file:
TERM="xterm"
export TERM
I've read somewhere that TERM variable should not be set manually but this was the…
Whenever I run "ipconfig /displaydns" I get a long list of sites even after running "/flushdns." I thought my results should be empty considering /flushdns. Is this normal behavior? I also noticed that after I run /flushdns and browse the internet for a couple of hours, my list of cached…
I just upgraded to Ubuntu 10.04 yesterday on a headless home server. I use the server for a variety of purposes, and what I don't know how to do via SSH I've alway been able to do through VNC. However, since the upgrade vino-server will no longer run if there isn't a monitor attached.…
I have a scheduled task that starts a batch script that runs robocopy every hour. Every time it runs a window pops up on the desktop with robocopy's output, which I don't really want to see.
I managed to make the window appear minimized by making the scheduled job run
cmd /c…
Hi there,
I've written a little utility in haXe + Neko that needs to execute some GIT commands. To avoid hardcoding the path to the GIT executable I'd like to use the which command to find out where it is. Everything works as expected when running manually from the console, but…
I am moving a scheduled task from a Windows 7 machine to a Windows Server 2003 machine.
On Windows 7 I can configure my task to run every hour indefinitely by setting up a custom trigger like so:
On Windows Server 2003, I assume I need to use the advanced schedule options,…
Hi all,
I have a php code/site at xyz.com. Now I want to run the same site using multiple domains means when somebody open domain1.com, domain2.com ,domain4.com, so on urls, it should run the code/side that is at xyz.com
I know one way to do this. I can host all these…
I'm having troubles getting multiple monitors to run on my graphics card. I plug one via the hdmi, and one into the DVI (I have tried both available DVI ports). with one DVI port it does not even register the monitor, with the second one I go into the Catalyst Control…
So what we are looking for is the ability to do the following:
We have an application that can load certain settings based on the domain that it is being accessed from. So if you come from xyz.com we show a different logo and if you come from abc.com we show a…
I am running Debian testing and I am not able to run any binary or shell script.
I keep getting "No such file or directory". The umask is the default one and I haven't fooled around with the paths. Also, I am aware of this question, but it doesn't work out for…
I was not sure if this was for StackOverflow or here, I settled for here. I was wondering which file I should place this bash command in so it will be run on startup.
# Start the MongoDB server
/Applications/MongoDB/bin/mongod --dbpath /usr/local/mongo/data…
The problem we have run into is as follows. We have an ASP.NET WebService which runs under IIS7. The code in the WebService works 100%, however when the WebService tries to run a .BAT file, nothing happens. Nothing at all, the code doesn't crash, the server…
As you may know, Steam doesn't like no-admin accounts for installing games or whatsoever. In my case, I have a user in my computer that usually install a lot of games and every time I have to put my password to successfully play them. Blame,…
I am looking at FTP clients to transfer from an external FTP Server. I need to place this FTP client on a server in the DMZ that will not be routinely logged in, so the client needs to run as a service or something like that? I need the…
I have been trying to get MadMACs to run on startup with my Win 7 x64 install. I've used the default registry startup option that is built into the script, but when I startup wlan0 is not randomized, and, in fact, the popup asking whether…
Text below is extract from the article, Windows 8 Tip: Virtualize with Hyper-V.
Better still, Windows Virtual PC offered a feature called XP Mode,
free for users of Windows 7 Professional, Enterprise, and Ultimate,
which included…