rsync without SSH

rsync -av rsync://server/rsync_share_name

slow sendmail startup

When sendmail is slow at startup do either of these things in /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost.localname machinename

or

192.168.1.100 machinename.domainname

if you have only machinename sendmail will be slow

firefox download flash

do a about:cache?device=disk and search for the URL or filename


many thanks to
http://labnol.blogspot.com/2005/11/save-flash-from-firefox-and-ie.html

MYSQL grant REMEBER 'user'@'server'

REMEMBER THIS:
grant all on DB1 to 'user'@'localhost' identified by 'password';

putty connect to session instead of server from command line

to make putty connect to session (based on the name of the session) instead of server from command line DO:

putty @SESSION_NAME

putty default font permanent

To change the default font in putty change the font settings in the Default Settings in the main window

linux upgrade problem

If you get something like "there are multiple partitions labelled /, they must be unique" simply use remove the label by:

tune2fs /dev/sda2 -L ''

# HOORAY

error reading information on service keytable: No such file or directory

if you get
error reading information on service keytable: No such file or directory
error: %trigger(kbd-1.08-10.2.i386) scriptlet failed, exit status 1

rpm -e kbd-1.08-10.2 --noscripts

Grub set default boot option just once

echo "savedefault --default=1 --once" | grub --batch
reboot

Remote upgrade linux RHEL redhat 3 to 4

1. mount the installation cd and copy vmlinuz and initrd.img to /boot renaming them to vmlinuz_remote and initrd_remote.img
2. vi /etc/grub.conf
# grub.conf generated by anaconda
#
# Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file
# NOTICE: You have a /boot partition. This means that
# all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /boot/, eg.
# root (hd0,0)
# kernel /vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda2
# initrd /initrd-version.img
#boot=/dev/hda
default=0
timeout=10
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
title Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (2.4.21-15.EL)
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.21-15.EL ro root=LABEL=/
initrd /initrd-2.4.21-15.EL.img
title Remote Install
root (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz_remote ks=hd:hda1:/ks.cfg vnc vncconnect=192.168.162.1 ramdisk_size=8192
initrd /initrd_remote.img

replace the above devices with the ones on your system(hd:hda1->points to /boot)
3. vi /boot/ks.cfg
#System language
lang en_US
#Language modules to install
langsupport --default=en_US
#System keyboard
keyboard us
#System mouse
mouse generic3ps/2
#network
network --bootproto static --ip 192.168.162.129 --netmask 255.255.255.0 --gateway 192.168.162.1 --nameserver 192.168.162.1 --hostname l
#Use interactive kickstart installation method
interactive
#Use hard drive installation media USE YOUR OWN HARDDRIVE
harddrive --dir=/iso --partition=hda2 #replace with your own device (this points to /)
bootloader --location=mbr
#Reboot after installation
reboot
#Upgrade existing installation
upgrade
%pre

#!/bin/sh

mkdir /tmp/boot # create mount point
#-USE YOUR OWN HARDDRIVE ADDR
# mount filesystem on /dev/sda1 onto /tmp/boot (hiding mount's boot dir)
# /dev/hda1 point to /boot
mount -t ext3 /dev/hda1 /tmp/boot
# so below here /tmp/boot/... is actually /boot/... on harddrive device
# 'date' preserves original grub.conf through multiple boot attempts
cp /tmp/boot/grub/grub.conf /tmp/boot/grub/grub.conf.$(date"+%Y%m%d-%H%M%S")
cp /tmp/boot/grub/grub.conf /tmp/boot/grub/grub.sve
cp /tmp/boot/grub/grub.bak /tmp/boot/grub/grub.conf

4. put your CD or DVD iso in /iso, they can be multiple isos

5. just to be safe try loading the second option to grub you just added once as below, so if things went wrong you can come back

echo "savedefault --default=1 --once" | grub --batch
reboot

Linux YP NIS config with autofs

1. mkdir /data/user10

2. useradd -g users -d /data/user10 user10

3. vi /etc/auto.master
# add this
/data auto.data --ghost

4. vi /etc/auto.data
* /data/& #something like this

5. vi /var/yp/Makefile
make an auto.data entry just like auto.home

6. do a make in var/yp

7. on the client service autofs restart

ubuntu network configuration

root@ali-desktop:~# cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto usb0

iface usb0 inet static
address 192.168.111.2
netmask 255.255.255.0

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

Couldn't make mmap of X bytes - mmap

mount -t tmpfs none /var/cache/apt
mkdir -p /var/cache/apt/archives/partial
apt-get update

pango ARM cross compile

./configure --prefix=/home1 --host=arm-ip-linux-gnueabi LDFLAGS=-L$YOUR_OWN_COMPILED_GLIB_DIR (eg /opt/lib)

GLIB ARM Cross compile

IPLinux GLIB BUILD

cat config.cache
glib_cv_stack_grows=yes
ac_cv_func_posix_getpwuid_r=yes
ac_cv_func_posix_getgrgid_r=yes
glib_cv_uscore=yes

./configure --host=arm-linux --cache=config.cache

samba passwordless login

smbpasswd -a ali

/etc/samba/smb.conf
security=share
[public]
path = /home/ali
read only = no
guest ok = yes
public = yes
browsable = yes
force user = ali

ubuntu howto stop X from auto start

sudo update-rc.d -f gdm remove

VOIP FXO FXS

REMEMBER

FXO = Foreign Exchange Office is connected to PSTN.
FXS = Foreign Exchange Subscriber is connected to a normal phone.

http://www.patton.com/technotes/fxs_fxo.pdf

DISPLAY to connect to X from SSH

export DISPLAY=`who -um | awk '{print $8}' | tr -d '()'`:0.0

microsoft fonts for linux i386

taken and rpm-built from http://corefonts.sourceforge.net/

for rpm based Linuces
msttcorefonts-2.0-1.noarch.rpm

Wive 0.61 on DWL-G700AP

When installing Wive on DWL-G700AP remember that after putting the access point in TFTP mode you have to use the EXACT ip address "192.168.1.6" for tftp regardless of whatever the actual LAN interface IP is.

trixbox backup and restore

Install tbm-backup trixbox module in both machines, create a backup in BOTH machines, restore the backup from old machine into the new one (mysql password for asteriskuser may not be the same so before the restoration of the backup file make them the same).

windows 2003 limit bandwidth usage per IP

1. squid with delay pools support
(http://markus.revti.com/2007/06/installing-squid-cache-for-windows/)

2. softperfect bandwidth manager
(http://markus.revti.com/2009/01/squid-transparent-proxy-server-on-windows-server-2003/)

windows delete a service from command line

sc delete "service_name"

multiple domain controllers (DC) on the same LAN

Use the DHCP of one of the DCs and split the LAN into 2 SUB-LANS
this is done using a superscope in the DHCP of domain controller.

- one scope 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.128
- another scope 192.168.1.128/255.255.255.128

The two sub scopes will not be able to access one another

Put one of the servers in first scope and the other in the second one.

In the scope options each have their own DNS and default route

To make the clients become a member of a certain scope fix the clients MAC address and create a reservation

vmware guest OS on windows RRAS host OS problem

If you need to have vmware installed on a machine with RRAS, because of incompatibilities between proxy arp of RRAS and vmware your guest OS packets will not be routed, what you need to do is:
[in this example host machine has 2 NICs. One toward Internet and one local.]
1. Add a NIC to the host machine. (not virtual)
2. In the guest OS bridge one NIC to the Internet NIC of the host OS and the other to the newly added NIC of the host OS (which is connected to the local LAN)
3. Assign an IP address to the host and guest machine (the same range as the host machine)

Walla! ping outside

vnc enterprise vncconfig problem

run vncconfig with the -service parameter to change the config of the service mode not user mode
"E:\Program Files\RealVNC\VNC4\vncconfig.exe" -service

mysql import and export

export:
mysqldump -u user -p db > dump.sql

import:
mysql -u user -p db < dump.sql

howto install cpanel

It is not free, needs a licence from cpanel.net after the trial period
Installing cPanel on a linux box is as simple as:
cd /home
wget layer1.cpanel.net/latest
sh latest
from: http://paragonhost.wordpress.com/2006/11/16/howto-install-cpanel-on-a-linux-os-server/

experts exchange free readonly account

http://www.experts-exchange.com/registerFree2.jsp

Office 2003 Slow send in Vista

simply remove all office 2007 components on your PC and things will be cooooooool :)