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Tips & Tricks : Fixing TMG 2010 and IE 9 issue

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When you install TMG 2010 on Windows Server with IE9 you might find that TMG console will not work.

That is caused by IE 9. In order to fix it follow steps:

  1. Open “C:\Program Files\Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway\UI_HTMLs\TabsHandler\TabsHandler.htc”
  2. Search for the 3 lines which contain “paddingTop“, and remark-out each of them by adding “//” in the begining.
  3. Save the file, and re-open TMG management console.

 

Example: Change the line:

m_aPages [niPage].m_tdMain.style.paddingTop = ((m_nBoostUp < 0) ? -m_nBoostUp : 0) ;

into:

// m_aPages [niPage].m_tdMain.style.paddingTop = ((m_nBoostUp < 0) ? -m_nBoostUp : 0) ;

 

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TIps & Tricks : Searching for packages in Debian

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If you want to install some packages on Debian and don’t know names of packages you can search in packages cache.

For example if you want to see all packages related to MySQL:

root@hostname:~# apt-cache search mysql
akonadi-backend-mysql - MySQL storage backend for Akonadi
ampache-themes - Themes for Ampache
aolserver4-nsmysql - AOLserver 4 module: module for accessing MySQL databases
libapq3.2.0 - Pluggable Ada 95 Binding to various database systems (library)
libapq3.2.0-dbg - Pluggable Ada 95 Binding to various database systems (debug)
libapq3.2.0-dev - Pluggable Ada 95 Binding to various database systems (development)
libaprutil1-dbd-mysql - Apache Portable Runtime Utility Library - MySQL Driver
asterisk-mysql - MySQL database protocol support for the Asterisk PBX
audiolink - makes managing and searching for music easier
auth2db - Powerful and eye-candy IDS logger, log viewer and alert generator
auth2db-common - Common configuration files for Auth2db backend and web frontend
auth2db-filters - Auth2db defaults filters pack
auth2db-frontend - Web frontend view for auth2DB log engine
automysqlbackup - daily, weekly and monthly backup for your MySQL database
autopostgresqlbackup - Automated tool to make periodic backups of PostgreSQL databases
backup-manager - command-line backup tool
backupninja - lightweight, extensible meta-backup system
bacula-common-mysql - network backup service - MySQL common files
bacula-common-mysql-dbg - network backup service - MySQL common files (debugging)
bacula-director-mysql - network backup service - MySQL storage for Director
...
root@hostname:~#
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Tips & Tricks : Session log files in SecureCRT

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I use SecureCRT quite often to access Linux systems as well as network devices.

When going through one of the presentations on SecureCRT web page I found handy tip how to configure session logs to have it divided by date, time and session.

Screenshot below demonstrates settings for log file:

SecureCRT Log File configuration

Basically parameters are set to:

  • Log file name: %Y-%M-%D–%h-%m-%s.%t__%S(%H).txt
  • Options / Start log upon connect: checked
  • Custom log data / On each line: %h:%m:%s(%t):

These settings will create separate log file for each session every time connection will be established.

In addition to that each line will start with timestamp added by SecureCRT.

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How-To : Use Raspberry PI as Wireless Access Point

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Here is how to turn Raspberry PI with Linksys WUSB100 v2.0 adapter and Raspbian into wireless access point. This might be handy for conference rooms where you have wired connection, but wireless signal is too low. Just quick setup on Raspberry, plugin the cable and you have wireless available.

Install required packages

apt-get install firmware-ralink wireless-tools hostapd bridge-utils

Modify /etc/network/interfaces to add bridge interface

auto lo br0

iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet manual

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet manual

iface br0 inet dhcp
bridge_ports eth0 wlan0

Once network configuration is modified reboot Raspberry PI.

Create /etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf file to define access point configuration

interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
bridge=br0
country_code=PL
ieee80211d=1
ssid=raspb3rry-wifi
hw_mode=g
channel=6
wme_enabled=0
macaddr_acl=0
auth_algs=1
wpa=2
wpa_passphrase=raspberry123
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_pairwise=TKIP
rsn_pairwise=CCMP

Add configuration information to /etc/default/hostapd

That will make hostapd daemon to start automatically each time Raspberry PI will bootup.

DAEMON_CONF=&quot;/etc/hostapd/hostapd.conf&quot;
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Code snippets : Passing credentials to Get-WmiObject in PowerShell

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If there is a need to pass specific credentials to Get-WmiObject in order to gather information from remote machine, here is how you can do it:

$LAdmin = "DOMAIN\Administrator"
$LPassword = ConvertTo-SecureString "Password!" -AsPlainText -Force
$Credentials = New-Object -Typename System.Management.Automation.PSCredential -ArgumentList $LAdmin, $LPassword

Once $Credentials object is created you can easily use it to gather information from remote PC:

Get-WmiObject -ComputerName $computername -Class Win32_VideoController -Namespace "root\cimv2" -Credential $Credentials
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How-To : Automate application mapping using SCCM 2012 Powershell

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During mass reainstallation/redeployment/migration of large number of PCs, always question about applications is raised.

How to deploy/deliver applications once all machines are resintalled?

If you have SCCM in the infrastructure, this might help a lot with automation. All you need is mapping between computer name and applications (to be more specific collection ids) and PowerShell console on SCCM server.

Then you just need to prepare input files for the script below and you can automate application deployment on mass scale.

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Apps : Cisco7PCF for Windows

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Just released small app for Windows platform. This app allows to decrypt type 7 password from Cisco devices as well as passwords from Cisco VPN profiles (PCF files).

Password which can be recovered using this app:

  • wireless keys fro Cisco access points,
  • RADIUS/TACACS shared secrets
  • NTP authentication keys
  • Enable passwords (NOT enable secrets, which are stored using MD5)
  • enc_GroupPwd – VPN group password from PCF file
  • enc_UserPassword – VPN user password from PCF file

Application also allows to store password and/or send tchem via email after decryption.

You can find app in Windows Store:

Cisco Password Decryptor

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Tips & Tricks : Missing SQL Server assmeblies in PowerShell

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When you try to connect to SQL Server from PowerShell script and you get following message:


Unable to find type [Microsoft.SqlServer.Management.Smo.Server]

then you have to download and install following components:

  • Microsoft System CLR Types for SQL Server 2008 R2
  • Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Shared Management Objects
  • Microsoft Windows PowerShell Extensions for SQL Server 2008 R2

From here.

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Cheat Sheet : SCCM Client Versions

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Handy information during pre-deployment checks/validations.

System Center 2012 Configuration Manager Beta 2 5.00.7561.0000
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RC1 5.00.7678.0000
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RC2 5.00.7703.0000
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager RTM 5.00.7711.0000
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager CU1 5.00.7711.0200
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager CU2 5.00.7711.0301
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 Beta 5.00.7561.0000
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 5.00.7804.1000
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CU1 5.00.7804.1202
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CU2 5.00.7804.1300
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CU3 5.00.7804.1400
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager SP1 CU4 5.00.7804.1500
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 5.00.7958.1000
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2   Hotfix: KB 2905002 5.00.7958.1101
System Center 2012 Configuration Manager R2 CU1 5.00.7958.1203
System Center Configuration Manager 2007 4.00.5931.0000
System Center Configuration Manager2007 SP1 4.00.6221.1000
System Center Configuration Manager2007 SP1 (KB) 4.00.6221.1193
System Center Configuration Manager2007 R2 4.00.6221.1193
System Center Configuration Manager2007 SP2 4.00.6487.2000
System Center Configuration Manager2007 SP2 (KB) 4.00.6487.2111
System Center Configuration Manager2007 R3 4.00.6487.2157
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Tips & Tricks : Hyperlinks are not working in Outlook

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When you get a message “Your organization’s policies are preventing us from completing this action for you. For more info, please contact your help desk.” it means that you might want to apply this fix to be able to open links in emails:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;310049

Same fix applies also to other Office applications (they all might be affected along with Outlook).