August 24, 2012

PDF printer – print locally from the server

Windows General,

To convert documents to pdf and save it on the local desktop from a remote server Primopdf (or similar) app should be installed in both client and server end. > Set primopdf as default printer in the client machine. > Enable the following configuration in the Server group policy Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Terminal Services\Terminal Server\Printer…

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August 17, 2012

Linux OS support in Hyper-V

Linux General,

Yes, now Hyper-v supports Linux OS. This can be achieved by “Linux Integration Components”. It contains support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2, (x86/x64), SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 (x86/x64) and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.2/5.3 (x86/x64). The supported Distributions of Linux OS are: Red Hat Enterprise Linux (5.2, x86/x64) Red Hat Enterprise Linux…

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August 3, 2012

Installation – Openmeeting, RED5

Linux General,

Openmeeting installation: Pre-requirements installation: I.Open Office Service: Install Open Office Service on Linux (versions > 2.3): ========================================== 1. Install OpenOffice-Headless as root (through su, sudo, etc.): yum install openoffice.org-headless 2. Create and edit a file named openoffice.sh (for example) with you favorite editor over /etc/init.d: vi /etc/init.d/openoffice.sh #!/bin/bash # openoffice.org headless server script # #…

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August 3, 2012

MRTG Installation

Server Management,

MRTG INSTALLATION:   TASK 1: SNMP ConfigurationWhat is SNMP?Most routers and firewalls keep their operational statistics in Management Information Blocks (MIBs). Each statistic has an Object Identifier (OID) and can be remotely retrieved from the MIB via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). However, as a security measure, you need to know the SNMP password…

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August 3, 2012

Linux – Tweaks

Linux General,

Tweak 1: Find all zombie process on server(Run this as a root) ps aux | awk ‘{ print $8 ” ” $2 ” ” $11}’ | grep -w Z Kill the zombie process (be careful before run this since it would kill the parent process which is related to the zombie processes.) You cannot kill…

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August 3, 2012

IIS and FTP permissions

Windows General,

IIS permissions You will get to know on IIS and FTP permissions below, if you find any difficulty to resolve we are ready to fix it for you. 1. To set IUSR permission for a domain, you must know what IUSR is for the particular domain. To find out the particular IUSR for the particular…

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May 28, 2011

Migrate containers

Virtualization,

Containers can be migrated via command line (windows) Syntax Simple format vzmigrate -f container_ID -A Destinationserver_IP -U administrator -P password More functions vzmigrate -f 175 -A {DestinationHNaddress} -U {Destination Node Administrative Username} -P {Password for account with rights on Destination Node} -r yes The -r yes at the end of the command removes the container…

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May 28, 2011

Prevent synattack in Windows server 2003

Windows General,

To prevent synattack in Windows server 2003 please follow this- Save the following in synattackprotect.reg and double click it to merge- Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\Tcpip\Parameters] “EnableTCPChimney”=dword:00000000 “SynAttackProtect”=dword:00000002 “TcpMaxHalfOpen”=dword:00000064 “TcpMaxHalfOpenRetried”=dword:00000050 “TcpMaxPortsExhausted”=dword:00000005 “TcpMaxConnectResponseRetransmissions”=dword:00000003

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May 28, 2011

Windows log file locations

Windows General,

Please note the path may differ with respect to the application installed or configured (IIS) SMTP log files C:\WINDOWS\system32\LogFiles\SMTPSVC1 Webalizer other statistics logs IIS -> domain -> website -> right click -> open -> You can find account name / logs ex: e:\billgates\logs e:\billgates\microsoft.com IIS logs IIS -> domain -> properties -> Website -> properties…

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May 28, 2011

Reported attack site

Linux/Windows Support,

To remove “Reported attack site” banner from the website, website should be checked for Malware or malicious links. The following sites are helpful in identifying the malware in a site. 1.  sitecheck.sucuri.net/scanner/ 2.  unmaskparasites.com Still the domain needs to be checked with the help of a programmer to remove it thoroughly. Once it is cleared,…

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