Questions tagged [scripting]
A form of computer programming that — in the context of system administration — lends it self well to automating tasks.
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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)
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Logging to a file, prepending a timestamp to each line (Debian)
I am trying to log output from some shell scripts of mine to a file, and I want the timestamp prepended to each line. From what I understood, that's what logger(1) is for, but I don't want the output ...
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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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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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Bash: Put a job in the background and then tail the log
How do you make the escaping work so that the & is actually running the first command in the background?
# foo param1 param2 >> run.out &; tail -f run.out
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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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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
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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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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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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 possible)...
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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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Bash script: check a list of commands
I have a bash script that launches a ps command with a list of commands like this:
comando="ps -o pid,pcpu,cmd -C \"$2\""
$2 must be a variable in this form: command1 or command1 command2 command3 .....
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Is it possible to set file permission on my apache server so that files can only be read by select users?
I would like to know if there's a way to set file permissions on my apache server so that the files can be served up by apache, but cannot be read or accessed by select users. Basically, I'm trying ...
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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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Proxy+PHP: filter and process specific proxied requests and responses with PHP scripts
I need to configure a proxy on a machine A in a network X. Then I need to connect a client (smartphone) on this same network X but having the proxy configuration as the one prepared on the machine A. ...
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How to periodically remove all content from a file without deleting it
I need to periodically empty a text file without deleting it (I know how many lines it has).
I tried this:
Created a cron that executes the following script
other lines from the script here
sed '...
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Attaching USB device
Just wondering if anybody knows is there any script for vmware to attach or detach USB device?
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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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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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Move stored procedures from one database to another in SQL Server
I'm using SQL Server 2008, and I would like to copy stored procedures from one database to another. How?
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Do nginx fastcgi script permissions stay with script owner or www-data (webserver user?)
Does the fastcgi permissions in nginx work like those in Apache, in which it runs with permissions of the script owner?
From what I see it runs with the permissions of the web user. Can it be changed ...
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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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Access to the current time in windows batch script
I need access to the current time from within a batch script. When typing time in the cmd, I get something like this:
The current time is: 16:58:03.98
Enter the new time:
What I need is not that but ...
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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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what type of scripting is this and is it suggested for my environment? [closed]
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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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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Batch file to MASS ping group of computers on network by name, check reply, and resolve hostname
So, I have a list of 5000 computers on my Windows Active Directory network that may or may not still exist (I know, don't ask...I need to know for a project, and of course little help from the network ...
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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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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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Nginx upstream based on remote_addr
Do you have any idea if there is any easier solution to pass the requests to different upstreams based on the visitor's ip address?
The only solution that I found at the moment is:
upstream live {
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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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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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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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Setting metrics in ubuntu for eth0 and wlan2
I have two scripts, one copying files from machines on closed network (no internet) to the hard drive of the laptop and the other script trying send these files to over the internet using the wlan.
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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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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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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 ...
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Schedule Task run Without Being Logged in
I have seen similar threads here and on the net, but I think my question is slightly different than what I can find...
I have a script that runs perfectly when logged in with a service account I ...
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How to execute the "while" statement after fetchmail do his job?
I have this script inside /etc/ppp/ip-up.d/script
#!/bin/sh
/usr/sbin/postqueue -c /etc/postfix -f
/usr/bin/fetchmail -v -f /etc/fetchmailrc -L /var/log/fetchmail.log
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