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A Good Multi-Language Admin Scripting Resource
Currently Looking at Kix Scripting and Found this site which has a heap of good downloadable examples. http://www.robvanderwoude.com/
Returning DDMMYY in Bash or CMD.exe
Anyone else have a better way on Windows. Let me know. # bash scripting MYDATE=`date +%d%m%y` echo $MYDATE # or all in one echo $(date +%d%m%y) rem Windows cmd.exe rem This gives you the correct format rem offsets rem 01234567890123 rem Mon 01/11/2010 set...
Run Ubuntu > 9.x Headless
Found this after too much Googling so listing here for future reference. Stop X Starting at Boot on an Upstart controlled system update-rc.d -f remove gdm doesn't work: That is because Ubuntu doesn't use System V init files for startup any more, it uses a program...
Finding your Thought Paradigm
I have recently finished reading a book on mind maps by Tony Buzan. In my working life I'm constantly getting deluged by different projects, or goals, all with multiple dependencies and when I try to get them straight by opening a word document and putting it `down on...
Password Obfuscation in VBS Admin Scripts
Sometimes you may want to authenticate to a remote share and do some admin task like create a zipped backup file on your local computer. The problem with the following script fragment is that the raw VBS file contains a plain text password. So how do you hide the...
www.smh.com.au redirects to m.smh.com.au when using Chromium on Ubuntu Linux
Looks as if smh's (Sydney Morning Herald's) browser user-agent detection code is not correctly identifying the "Chromium 6.0.472.63 (59945) Ubuntu 10.10" browser. Instead of giving you www.smh.com.au it redirects to m.smh.com.au I posted a work-a-round over at...