- Published:
- October 24, 2006 – 5:07 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
If you or your client is using an old-DOS based program to do work (for example, Wordperfect for DOS) – and you need to print to a printer which is shared on the network, you first need to map the printer to an LPT port. You do this by using the following command in a dos prompt (Start -> Run -> cmd): 1net use lpt3 \\SERVER_NAME\PRINTER_NAME You can then set up your dos program to print to lpt3 and it will be sent to that printer. To print right from the command line, you could use the following syntax: 1copy c:\test.txt lpt3
Categories: Programs,Shell,System Administration,Windows
Tagged: LPT port
- Published:
- September 20, 2006 – 11:40 pm
- Author:
- By Dave
If you are a system administrator of a linux system, you may find the following log entries familiar: 12345Sep 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 sol sshd[16366]: Failed password for invalid user test from ::ffff:61.167.x.x port 53396 ssh2 Sep 15 02:00:28 sol sshd[16366]: Invalid user test from ::ffff: 61.167.x.x Sep 15 02:00:28 sol sshd[16370]: Invalid user test from ::ffff:61.167.x.x Many, many times over. These are caused by an brute force attack from the remote host. Most likely this is another compromised machine, checking your machine for easy to guess username and password combinations. It could be someone manually trying to run a password cracking program on your ssh server too. In either case, the remote system really has no business….
Categories: Linux,Programs,Security,Shell,System Administration
Tagged: firewall, linux system, ssh server
- Published:
- September 16, 2006 – 8:36 am
- Author:
- By Dave
Don’t you hate it when your browser locks up because you unknowlingly clicked on a PDF File? Let’s face it – Adobe’s PDF Format rocks but the reader takes way to long to load and also locks your PC up. Foxit Software just released Foxit PDF Reader 2.0. If you haven’t tried it already, you need to get this software (Windows Only). Trust me, you won’t be dissapointed. Download Foxit PDF Reader 2.0
Categories: Programs,System Administration,Windows
Tagged: adobe, Foxit Software
