by skufel | Jan 23, 2012 | Directory Services, Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows
By default password policy from Active Directory domain will impact ADLDS and users created in ADLDS instance. To prevent domain policies from enforcing password restrictions and rules on ADLDS users one simple setting has to be adjusted: ADAMDisablePasswordPolicies...
by skufel | Jan 23, 2012 | Automation, Infrastructure, Network, SysAdmin
Some time ago I described How to : Install RANCID on openSUSE 11.4 “Celadon”. However, just after installation RANCID will do nothing without proper configuration. So, in this lab I will show how to: create group of devices in rancid add information about...
by skufel | Dec 15, 2011 | Automation, Infrastructure, Messaging, Scripting, SysAdmin
In some companies performance is measured based on number of emails someone sent. regardless the reason for those emails and content, what matters the most is if someone is sending something to others. So, I was asked to produce quick count how many emails one...
by skufel | Dec 8, 2011 | Databases, Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin
By default when I installed mysql on openSUSE, root password for mysql access was blank. First thing then is to change password as this might pose security issue. First of all login to openSUSE using root account and then: lab-net-01:~ #mysql Welcome to the MySQL...
by skufel | Dec 8, 2011 | Automation, Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin
Some time ago I received request to automate file transfer between FTP server and Development systems. Both, FTP server and Development system, are Windows-based. FTP server was running FTP over SSL only, so that automatically eliminated built-in Windows FTP...
by skufel | Nov 28, 2011 | Automation, Infrastructure, Network, SysAdmin
Quick installation how-to for Nagios on openSUSE 11.4 “Celadon” platform. Same procedure applies to other versions of opeSUSE platform. I’m using version 11.4 for my LAB purposes. lab-gw-01:~ # zypper install nagios > nagios-devel \ >...
