Changing the default hostname and make it permanent is quite easy. You can go through preference panel or using the command line : scutil –set HostName HOST_NAME Once you’ve pressed enter, you’ll be prompted to enter the admin password.
You may notify in /var/log/messages the following error about smbd daemon regarding the cupsd printing service : smbd[5955]: [2011/05/13 15:03:59, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(69) May 13 15:03:59 neptune smbd[5955]: Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 – Connection refused This occur when the service is disabled. If you do not have a printer and do not want… Read More »
From Windows 2000 to 7, you can make the OS login automatically using a password protected account without entering any password. Follow theses steps : – Press the Windows key + R on your keyboard to launch the “Run” dialog box ; – Type in run text box control userpasswords2 , Press Enter ; –… Read More »
Apache startup failed – look at /var/log/httpd/ssl_error_log and show the following error : Unable to configure RSA server private key SSL Library Error: x509 certificate routines:X509_check_private_key:key values mismatch The private key and the certificate do not match. You can compare the certificate and the key with the following commands : View the certificate modulus using… Read More »
Since Internet Information Server 7, there is no longer a GUI option to achieve this task. To do so, you need to manually proceed with the command line interface. Open a terminal (Run, cmd) ; cd %windir%\system32\inetsrv appcmd add backup <backupname>
Since Windows Vista, you can create a new folder with a specific name string that create the “God Mode” option. This shortcut will regroup all possible setting under one single control panel. Simply create a new folder and rename with the following line : GodMode.{ED7BA470-8E54-465E-825C-99712043E01C}
1. Set up the Dell OpenManage Repository at http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware, like this: wget -q -O – http://linux.dell.com/repo/hardware/latest/bootstrap.cgi | bash 2. Install OpenManage Server Administrator: yum install srvadmin-all Other possible choices are : srvadmin-base, srvadmin-webserver, srvadmin-storageservices 3. Make sure the TCP port 1311 is open in IPtables. If not, add this line : -A INPUT -p tcp… Read More »
How to register a manually added dll file? Simply run the following in a command line: regsvr32 <path_to_dll_file.dll>
With Windows 7, it is possible to change the My Document, My Music, My Video, Favorites, Desktop, etc. user folders location to another easily by doing a right click on the folder and click on the “Location” tab. But, in some rare circumstances, such as changing the destination drive letter, you may occur serious problem. … Read More »