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SOTD: Software of the Day
I've just virtualized a windows XP workstation using VMWare Convertor and thought as a final pre wipe and rebuild excercise I would take a Ghost Image of the physical workstation. I have a Ghost.iso file with Windows PE and Ghost on it and I was trying to transfer it...
Using nmap to scan a subnet for a specific open port
Today I booted up a box and it's DHCP assigend IP Address had moved so I had to find it again using this helpful Use nmap to scan for ssh servers blog post. After downloading the command line nmap for Windows from http://nmap.org/download.html. I ran: # locate ssh...
Windows 7 – Setting Proxy Configuration from the command line
Was working from memory today and found that proxycfg.exe doesn't exist in Windows 7 and it's been replaced by netsh. You can do it all from the netsh command line but it's quite easy to first set it up under your Internet Options and then Import the settings as...
rsnapshot Backup to External USB Drive Gotcha
I am using rsnapshot to make hourly, daily and weekly snapshots of my home workstation data. This is on Fedora 16. In /etc/rsnapshot.conf there are two commands that specify the root directory you want to create your backups in and whether or not to create it if it...
DIY Websites
Keep getting asked "Where can I build a site on the internet" preferably for free or low cost OK so here are some links to templated DIY site building websites: Google Sites Wix Website Builder Squarespace So to get started on the Internets for eCommerce what do you...
rdesktop Printer Redirection FTW
This is really basic but well hey, spinning shiney things intrigue me. rdesktop -f -r printer:HP-Officejet-Pro-8500-a909n 192.168.22.5 Basically the above says connect to the remote desktop on 192.168.22.5 and go full screen, make the local...
