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sql script mssql express 2008 windows 2008 server R2 x64
Scenerio:I need to run an update sql script after another scheduled task.
server=Windows Server 2008 R2 x64
db = Sql Express 2008
when? - Everyday buy Sunday(i know how to do this)
Why? A third party ...
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Simulate/script user log-ins to an Active Directory domain
We've had some login issues in our computer lab environment. When a class of 15-30 people try to log in at the beginning of class, they sometimes have to wait upwards of 20 minutes to get a desktop. ...
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Connecting to network printer(s) using net use
I was asked to add pinters to all users on a terminal server. There is a VPN connection between the terminal server and the network where the printer is installed.
I do not have much experience with ...
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Diaspora server auto start when system start up in ubuntu
To start Diaspora sever, always need to cd to the /home/diaspora, then run ./script/sever
My server(Ubuntu 11.10) everyday restart. I want to configure the server(Ubuntu 11.10) to allow diaspora ...
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how to write a script that only acts on new log entries
I feel like this should be a simple thing but I am having a hard time figuring it out.
I am trying to write a script that will monitor one of the apache log files and take some specific action. But ...
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Script to send login details to an email [closed]
I need a script to email immediately, when ever any user logins to my Linux server.
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Running a script at Windows 7 or 2008 shutdown
Is there any way to run script before the computer running Windows 7 or 2008 shuts down without using local group policy editor or domain based policy? Regedit tool should be OK if possible.
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VBscript to Get User's Documents and Desktop folder size
I've been scouring the web for a decent script to allow me to gather folder sizes of subfolders on Windows 7 machines. There's roughly 50 computers I want to get folder sizes on ...
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php5-fpm: bash script to check config before restart
I write a script to create new vhost on Nginx. That script creates Ningx vhost config file, vhost user and dirs, php-fpm pool file.
At the end of the script, I would like to check if config is ok ...
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Direction for Scripting
I'm administering a network and they use a few scripts here. Mostly batch scripts or vbscript. It's a Windows environment, mostly Server 2008 with a few 2003 servers.
My question is Should I learn ...
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CentOS: E-mail notification of failed ssh login attempts
Under CentOS, I need a script that will run every 10 minutes and e-mail me if there are any new failed ssh login attempts in /var/log/secure.
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Need a script/batch/program that runs a command that won't be killed when the parent is killed
The scenario
I use Zabbix to monitor my servers and recently I wanted to add some more metrics for the Windows ones. For security reasons, I used Zabbix's User Parameter feature, but it limits the ...
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How to export User Rights Assignments and import them on another machine
How would one export all of the user rights assignments from one Windows Server 2008 box and import them on another. Neither would be on a domain so this would just be local security policy.
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How can I search IIS logs of several servers at the same time?
I need to search the logs of all the servers in the array for a particular string. Specifically, I need to determine if a given user is using OWA, EWS, or something else with our CAS servers.
Is ...
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How to safeguard a shell script against running out of control?
I've recently had an experience of writing a shell script which crashed a server (and damaged a partition) by consuming all resources. It was hooked up to a cron job, and it seems it took longer to ...
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Nagios checks for mulitple sendmail instance's mail queues
Is there an available perl script or any script for checking the mail queues of each instance of sendmail?
So that we can use that on nagios nrpe, since the mailq command is only designed for one ...
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Delete registry key via CMD script?
I'm want to edit an already production .cmd script file, to have the script delete a certain registry key in the Windows registry.
Firstly, is this even possible, and secondly (if that's not ...
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How to make a bash script work on multiple account?
There are several admin-like accounts in our Linux server, different account for different purpose.
Sometimes, there need multi-account co-work to finish a job. Manually, I can login and type the ...
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running a linux script to check on process and if stopped how to make it start the process
We are running OES2/SuSE. The problem is with our groupwise webaccess. From time to time it stops and we just have to restart the process. The commands are:
rcgrpwise status
rcgrpwise start
How ...
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Getting the current status (logged in/current program running) of OSX systems in a local network?
I'm exploring building an internal site that displays what computers in the lab are currently being used. My initial idea involved a webapp that took in info from each computer every 5-10 minutes and ...
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Detecting when Windows installation is completed
I got the task to install Windows Server 2008 R2 inside a virtual machine (WMWare Workstation) with Powershell.
It was quite easy to do the installation of Windows inside the virtual machine. Now, I ...
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Linux: ssh to host and use sudo to run a script, runs but part of script fails
I've searched high and low for an answer to this.
I have keys setup so no password is needed for the ssh into remote host.
I have sudo set up with that user so that I can run the needed commands as ...
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Parse and convert ini into bash array variables
I'm trying to convert an ini file into bash array variables. The sample ini is as below
[foobar]
session=foo
path=/some/path
[barfoo]
session=bar
path=/some/path
so these become
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Test file for specific permissions
I have a script where I'd like to test a file for specific permissions, specifically 0644, if it is not that then chmod it.
I know I could just chmod it and let it fall through in case it already was ...
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How to set IP Filtering under IIS6
we have a particular application under a virtual directory that is used for administatrive purposes. In order to protect the application, we have IP filtering enabled where we specify a list of ...
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Running root script upon ssh'ing as a particular user, but not upon standard login
I would like to do the following :
If I login as user ABC via the login screen, do nothing. However if I ssh as ABC, then I want to run a root script, without being prompted for roots password, and ...
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Batch File Syntax to get files from FTP server
I have trouble getting all files from an FTP Server. Usually I get all files using the command line/terminal with syntax the following syntax: get a.txt (very, very time wasting with login ...
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What are the best practices to manage UPS in windows 2008 R2?
with win2k3 i used the ups service to monitor usb connected UPS and launch scripts when ups meets critical battery condition.
The ups service is no more available in win2k8 and power management seems ...
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Prevent sudo, apt-get, etc. from swallowing pasted input to STDIN?
I often write up wiki instructions to install various server packages on Ubuntu (11.10 Oneiric at the moment). They always involve things like:
sudo apt-get install -y postfix
sudo cp ...
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what type of scripting is this and is it suggested for my environment?
First of all, I hope I am not duplicating another post. If so I will delete immediatly.
I have gone through many of the questions/answers on this website trying to find what scripting language I ...
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What's a good way to email sysadmins the first time a failure happens?
I have a cron job which will copy some files and such. From time to time it will start failing due to an inaccessible host. When it starts failing, I'd like to get notified - but I don't want an email ...
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How to get client to update GPO to recognized scripts were added in manually
So I'm attempting to programmatically add a logon/logoff/etc script to be ran with a GPO. I add the scripts in their respective /Sysvol/blah... directory. I update the scripts.ini file correctly to ...
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Keeping a Python Script alive after leaving SSH Client?
I have a while loop in my Python Script and its independent script so I can't run it as a daemon.
Also I have tryed using nohup, but I'm having this error:
root@ubuntu:~/Desktop/starthere-group-ok# ...
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Remote installation script great in XP, doesn't work in Windows 7
I have a script to install an .msi file out to a list of remote workstations. Works fine going out to XP machines. I now get error code 1603 when trying to run out to Windows 7 machines.
psexec ...
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NTP on main server, and alternative on virtual (LXC)
I am setting up a server with several VPS. I am using LXC.
I am thinking it would be better to have only the main server equipped with ntp and have the virtual boxes just get the time from the main ...
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bind shell program to user as root
I have an embedded system I have been developing. I would like to bind a program called HHPConfig, which I wrote and needs root permissions for setting network interfaces, rebooting etc..., to a user, ...
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Moving spam from filter to mail server
I was wondering if its possible to take messages quarantined by a Spamassassin box and move it to the users spam folder residing on an email server. In my case I would want to move mail from an ...
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Generate Script in SQL Server 2000 (in Order)
I want Generate script of all views and functions in my database, but when i execute this script i find a problem of ("object xxx doesn't exist") because i have many views select data from other ...
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start-stop-daemon checking for existing running processq
I'm starting a python script that i've created using start-stop-daemon. It works perfectly in all cases, except when I've forgotten that I've already started it. It creates a new process, but is ...
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Monitor Active Directory modified users/groups
I am trying to set up a monitoring vbscript for active directory. I need to export to a file all users that were modified. This script will run every 10 minutes and export all modified users (account ...
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Can I turn off Office Auto Save feature using ARD?
I have around 300 OSX desktops, and I'm not looking forward to having to walk around to each one to turn off MS autosave, can this be done using Apple Remote Desktop and a script?
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mkdir: cannot create directory `../abc/2011-11-23: No such file or directory
I have got a sftp script that downloads the archives , unzip it and then rename the files according to date and moves it to respective folder.
I had to move the script from USB drive onto a separate ...
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Query Exchange 2007 remotely for a user(s) mailbox size, and quota
Currently I'm using this powershell command on the server in the Exchange Management Shell:
Get-MailboxStatistics username | where {$_.ObjectClass –eq “Mailbox”} | Sort-Object TotalItemSize ...
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Postfix : Open relay to script
What I want to do with postfix is have an open relay that accepts all emails. I then want it to push all the received emails to a script.
I have found solutions, but they never specifiy on how to do ...
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Thunderbird - Login Script to create user and email account
is there anything out there that will let me script via active directory and login scripts the creation of a thunderbird user profile and associated email account??
I looked to-do this in Outlook ...
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Controlling rdp listener connections from command line
RPD on my windows 2003 server sometimes becomes incapable to accept connections. But netstat shows that port is listened.
c:\> netstat -ano | find "3389"
TCP 192.168.1.1:3389 0.0.0.0:0 ...
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rsync shell script with input
I would like to have a rsync shell script that the user will enter the folder or file to sync to another server.
i.e. - ./deploy /html/ or ./deploy /html/kuky.txt
the script will wait for the input ...
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Using SSH to find access to a problematic script in logs of multiple domains
I run several (~20) sites on a Dreamhost VPS. Lately I max my memory allocation for the VPS and I want to find the problem.
I would like to have an SSH script that will scan all the log files of all ...
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Automate root ssh scripts [closed]
We require to be able to run some script as root from nothing other than an SSH login.
IE, we have root and password, and we need to perform a script action on a bunch of servers.
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Scripted install of Debian backdoor/rootkit [closed]
We have a number of servers (100+) that we need to increase a certain type of security on. (sortof internal, sorry NDA).
We have thought about using a rootkit of some sort that would be able to keep ...
