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Monthly Archives: November 2013
SQLite Date and Time
SQLite is a wonderful open source file-based database system useful for similar tasks as Access file-based databases on Microsoft Windows systems. The popularity of SQLite is partially due to the widely available libraries and tools which ship with most Linux … Continue reading
Write (More) Effortlessly With Markdown
Originally posted on WordPress.com News:
Markdown has arrived on WordPress.com! Some of you may respond with “Finally!” Others might be asking, “what’s that?” Markdown is a quick way to add formatted text without writing out any HTML. Let’s take a closer…
Exchange Email User Display Name
Microsoft Exchange user information is stored in Windows Active Directory (AD). The “display name” of each mailbox user in AD is used as the display name of email addressed to or from the mailbox. The default format for display names … Continue reading
Group Policy Internet Explorer Home Page
Old school Windows Domain Group Policy administrators are in for a surprise with some basic Internet Explorer setting changes. As of Internet Explorer 10+, the classic Group Policies for “Internet Explorer Maintenance” (IEM) “Important URLs” are no longer applicable. You … Continue reading
Posted in System Administration
Tagged Group Policy, Internet Explorer 10, Windows Server 2008 R2
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DHCP Server on Cisco ASA
The Cisco ASA firewall provides basic DHCP Server functionality. If you’re running a Windows Active Directory Domain, I recommend you use the Microsoft DHCP server. For testing purposes, the ASA built-in DHCP server can be useful. If you enable a … Continue reading
Posted in Networking
Tagged Cisco ASA, DHCP, DHCPD, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
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Transact-SQL Cursor Example
Microsoft SQL Server comes with scripting capabilities as part of their Structured Query Language (SQL) implementation. The Microsoft and Sybase query languages are both referred to as “Transact-SQL” or T-SQL since MS SQL was originally a licensed fork of the … Continue reading
Nautilus Connect to Windows Share
Linux users can connect to Windows file shares using the Gnome Nautilus GUI file browser. Here are some notes that may be helpful: Ctrl+L or menu “Go – Location” to enter or edit smb://… file server connection info (URI). Menu … Continue reading
nslookup
Update 1 Nov 2017. Added Non-interactive examples for documenting or scripting test and verification nslookup commands. Non-Interactive nslookup examples (for scripting, documentation, and quality testing). nslookup -type=CNAME sample.fqdn.com some.dns.server type can be any valid DNS record type (AAAA, A, PTR, … Continue reading
GNU findutils
Continuing the theme of standard Unix and Linux command-line tools, I want to pay homage to the GNU findutils. This essential toolkit includes the find and xargs commands. Many system administration tasks can be accomplished and automated by finding files … Continue reading
Notes by Tom 