There is this great software for doing remote unattended Windows installs called, well, Unattended. It allows you to boot/install different windows versions without any intervention which is great if you are doing a number of Windows installs. This is a bit different than MSFN’s Unattended install which mainly is done off of CD media. MSFN’s [...]
Categories: System Administration,Windows
Tagged: USD
Not dead as in dead, but dead as in the user has logged out of the system and for some reason their shell is still open. This might happen if your system crashes before you can log out, there are network problems and you are disconnected, or a number of other reasons. This article explains how to log these “dead” shell users out.
Categories: Linux,System Administration
Tagged: 17033, Linux, ssh server
If you are a system administrator of a linux system, you may find the following log entries familiar: Sep 15 02:00:30 sol sshd[16364]: Failed password for invalid user test from ::ffff: 61.167.x.x port 53382 ssh2 Sep 15 02:00:30 sol sshd[16365]: Failed password for invalid user test from ::ffff: 61.167.x.x port 53394 ssh2 Sep 15 02:00:30 [...]
Categories: Linux,Programs,Security,Shell,System Administration
Tagged: firewall, linux system, ssh server
You have to check out the Envive E-Center Pro [eHomeUpgrade] home theater machine. It comes with Windows XP Media Center Edition (Vista Ultimate Ready) but I would rather throw Beyond TV on this puppy. Check out these beefy stats… E-Center Pro Features: Intel Viiv Certified Platform utilizing Intel Core 2 Duo Processors Up to 8GB [...]
Categories: Site Updates
Tagged: 2 Duo Processors, Gigabit, HDMI, Intel, Media Center, RAID, Windows Media Center
If you need to find a string in a file, you would typically use: grep -H “string to find” filename.ext However, grep doesn’t handle a large number of files well. If you specify grep “string” * or even grep “string” `find ./`you may find yourself facing this error: bash: /bin/grep: Argument list too long If [...]
Categories: Site Updates
Tagged: Linux
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