OK so I've been using Ubuntu for about three releases but recently the quality of the Ubuntu builds has become an excercise in running into bugs that stop me getting my work done. e.g. tsclient renders X session unuseable when rdp'd into windows NetworkManager OpenVPN...
I have a Progress DB field that stores a time stamp in seconds from midnight format (1-86400 seconds). I Googled and only seemed to dig up examples from other languages. This is my attempt in VBA/VBS Language. It seems to return the correct values. Function ct(stamp)...
I have a Fedora 10 VM that wasn't bringing it's network interface eth0 up on boot. Even though the settings in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 were correct. The problem: the network service wasn't enabled The fix: run ntsysv or setup ==> services from the...
At work we have an ERP system that can receive information in a proprietary XML format via directory drop or Web service call. Our customers place orders with us using disparate systems and methods. Fortunately most of them output some sort of XML. How to convert one...
How: service squid stop rm -rf /var/spool/squid/* (removes cached files and directory structure) rm -rf /var/log/squid/* (removes the logs) squid -z (recreates the cache_dir structure) service squid start Why: Doing the above can be helpful if you want to claw back...
I keep forgetting the correct format of cron entries to have a command run every three minutes To do it every three minutes you need to make the syntax */3 not simply 3 (which means on the 3rd minute of every hour) # m h dom mon dow command */3 * * * *...
This is done on Fedora 10. File paths may change depending on what install package or location you install to. On Fedora 10 the path is LSMB_ROOT=/usr/share/ledgersmb To maintain an orginal untouched set of templates you should always copy the demo templates away to a...
The Problem: Doing a Windows XP Pro install at work... Boot Install CD Delete partitions Delete C: Hmm didn't know there was a D: but hey it's got to go.... Delete D: ... Oh No! That was my 250GB External USB drive holding a heap of backups.... Argggh The Fix: I have...
Make a backup of the original demo templates cp -rv /var/lib/ledgersmb/templates/demo /var/lib/ledgersmb/templates/template1 # on Ubuntu this was sudo cp -rv /etc/ledgersmb/templates/demo /etc/ledgersmb/templates/template1 Go into the LedgerSMB admin control panel and...
msg = "Do you wish to add " & First & " " & Last & "?" wscript.echo msg Wscript.StdOut.Write "Add Employee to DB? (y/n) " choice = Wscript.StdIn.ReadLine ' read the input if choice = "y" or choice = "Y" then ' do what you have to do .... end...