Category O/S

Linux, nginx, O/S

nginx secure /user drupal

If you are not serving drupal out of a subdirectory use this config example: location / { # This is cool because no php is touched for static content try_files $uri @rewrite; } location @rewrite { Some modules enforce no…

Steve Stonebraker
July 2, 2012

Howto, Mac

iMac can’t eject disc

If you cannot eject the disk from your iMac, Macbook, or any other type of Mac try this fix: Start Terminal, paste this in, and hit enter: drutil tray eject You may have to run the command a few…

Windows

Enable Updates Adobe Acrobat X

To enabled updating on Adobe Acrobat X you need to modify this registry key: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Adobe\Adobe Acrobat\10.0\FeatureLockDown Change “bUpdater” = 1

Steve Stonebraker
June 28, 2012

Applications, O/S, Windows

firefox keeps crashing fixed

If you are on Windows Vista/7 and notice Firefox 13 constantly crashing the culprit is the new “Protection Mode” (which makes flash run in a sandbox). To disable this you need to append “ProtectedMode=0” to the flash config file “mms.cfg”…

Steve Stonebraker
June 21, 2012

Applications, Windows

hudson svn windows auth cache fix

Example error when attempting to update the svn credentials on hudson for windows: hudson svn windows “the request doesn’t contain a multipart/form-data or multipart/mixed stream” To fix this download svnkit-1.3.5.7406 to your hard disk. Login to computer hosting hudson as…

Steve Stonebraker
June 14, 2012

Linux

RHCE Studyguide

Prerequisite skills for RHCT and RHCE Candidates should possess the following skills, as they may be necessary in order to fulfill requirements of the RHCT and RHCE exams: use standard command line tools (e.g., ls, cp, mv, rm, tail, cat,…

Steve Stonebraker
May 29, 2012

Linux, nginx, php, Redhat Centos

nginx php centos6 howto

Remove previous php installation # yum remove php-cli php-common Add the EPEL and REMI repos: wget wget sudo rpm -Uvh remi-release-6*.rpm epel-release-6*.rpm Install nginx prerequisites # yum install perl pcre-devel gperftools-devel geoip geoip-devel Download nginx # wget “”…

Steve Stonebraker
May 15, 2012

Active Directory, Windows

Reset Active Directory Password Script

This isn’t so much a script as an awesome way to reset an active directory user’s password. Requirements You must have admin rights to domain controller psexec How to Reset Active Directory User’s Password from Command Line In this case…

Steve Stonebraker
May 14, 2012

Active Directory, Windows

getdn.bat

To return the distinguished name for all users in an active directory domain create a new file called getdn.bat Content: del c:\activeUsers.txt DSQUERY.exe * -limit 0 -filter “(&(objectCategory=Person)(objectClass=User)(!userAccountControl:1.2.840.113556.1.4.803:=2))” >”c:\activeUsers.txt” C:\WINDOWS\NOTEPAD.EXE c:\activeUsers.txt

Steve Stonebraker
May 14, 2012