by skufel | May 9, 2012 | Infrastructure, Linux, Network, SysAdmin
Just quick config snippet for Debian 6.0 which I came across when setting up few Debian Linux 6.0 virtual machines for recent network LAB. By default network adapter is set to get IP address from DHCP. /etc/network/interfaces – dynamic IP address configuration #...
by skufel | May 2, 2012 | Infrastructure, Messaging, Scripting, SysAdmin
Mailboxes created for conference rooms (on Exchange 2007 Recipient Type : Room Mailbox) by default has disabled auto accept for calendar appointments. That causes issue when people trying to book room as all appointments show as tentative and manual interaction/accept...
by skufel | Mar 1, 2012 | Automation, Infrastructure, Network, SysAdmin
In previous articles in the RANCID series I described: How to install RANCID on openSUSE Add devices to RANCID So, we have RANCID collecting configuration from network devices to repository with version control. Only question is how to get access and make use of...
by skufel | Jan 23, 2012 | Directory Services, Infrastructure, Scripting, SysAdmin, Windows
By default ADLDS does not allow to reset password on users created in ADLDS repository over connection without SSL. As sometimes there is a need to build test environment with ADLDS quick, SSL is the last thing which anyone would care about, especially if main thing...
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 | Jan 9, 2012 | Infrastructure, Network
Recently I went through troubleshooting of Site-to-Site Layer-2 link. One of the things we did during troubleshooting of that link was checking interface statistics for interfaces which were connecting two geographical sites together. Below quick overview how ot check...
by skufel | Jan 4, 2012 | Databases, Directory Services, Infrastructure, Scripting
I think it’s common problem as Active Directory gets bigger in organizations, control over content of that mission-critical component seems to be lost. Same happened in my place. In addition to that we had to provide information from AD on a regular basis in a...
by skufel | Dec 15, 2011 | Apple, Infrastructure, Windows
Using any of the iDevices with PC computer with Windows 7 will enfornce us to use iTunes as application which can synchronize content of a device with PC, backup device to the computer, etc. By default iTunes will create all folders for content synchronization between...
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...
