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Software Utilization Reports
We have a number of machines that we manage for labs and kiosks. They are all attached to an active directory domain. We were wanting to track the utilization of these machines to see how often they ...
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What tools to install on a fresh Linux server? [closed]
I'm configuring a new Linux server install and was just wondering if anyone has a list of useful general-purpose tools that they always install on Linux server boxes as a matter of course? I've ...
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Finding out if an IPv6 prefix falls within a certain range?
Does anyone know of a tool or utility that can be used to quickly find out if an IPv6 prefix falls within a certain range?
For instance given the input prefix range of fe80-febf and the input prefix ...
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How to read the “IDLE” column in the output of the Linux 'w' command?
I'm trying to figure out a process that monitors users sessions on a remote server and alerts them when they are being idle too long, which with the Linux command w is aptly appropriate.
Problem is ...
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Is there an alternative to Microsoft's ALTools? (EventCombMT.exe especially)
I use Microsoft's ALTools on a regular basis to troubleshoot multiple different issues. Lately, however, EventCombMT.exe has been crashing on me during the simplest operations. I noticed that it ...
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Solaris built in command for TCP connection without all the telnet stuff
Sometimes telnet is used for testing non telnet servers such as HTTP or SMTP servers where the TELNET protocol usually stays out of the way. However, I think I have run into a case where it is in the ...
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Source code for Linux utilities and daemons
Where can I find the source code for Linux utilities and daemons. Basically I want to know the repository of source codes other than the Linux kernel.
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Looking for project ideas [closed]
I have just finished my last class towards my masters degree, which leaves me with a 16 week semester project.
I am an infrastructure architect working with VMware and Windows and the occasional ...
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Looking for smart card variation
I know about smart cards for login in to active directory enabled computers, but was wondering if there is an less restrictive (and less expensive) solution.
I am looking for something like an ...
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what is the tiniest windows client tool that will allow auto-upload files to hosting
I am looking for a small tool that will allow me to do one single tiny simple job :
auto upload files from local computer with Windows(xp/vista/7) to hosting (linux servers with cpanel)
There are ...
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Windows and vmware-unity-helper
I'm running VMWare Workstation 7 and I want to use the "vmware-unity-helper.exe" utility. Does this utility work in windows? I've found several articles that say that it does not work with VM ...
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What should a computer science student include/run on his first server to learn the most?
A group of us CompSci students are trying to get our first server up and running. We're gonna try and install FreeBSD on this box. Would be great if you can suggest utilities/packages we should ...
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What do you have on your PXE server?
Basically, what cool utilities does everyone have loaded up on a PXE server ready to use on any computer you netboot from? I've just set one up at home with the following:
Clonezilla
Memtest86
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XScope program for Linux/XFree or X.Org
Where can I find an XScope program, debugger/tracer of xlib calls, for Linux with XFree/X.Org?
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Graphical App for network usage monitoring
In 2006 I was working in tech support and my sysadmin boss guy showed me a VMWare App that had one purpose, to constantly monitor network traffic and it showed a nice graphical display of how much ...
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Centralized Log Monitoring
I'm looking for some program or utility to create a centralized log monitoring server for a mixed Windows and Linux environment. Any suggestions? Essentially we want a place to look at the system ...
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Can I see Folder Permissions on Windows in a Tree View?
Is there a way to see folder/file permissions in a collapsable tree view in Windows?
What I think I need is something like:
+ folder1 - EntAdmins[RWX],JoeBloggs[R--],Administrators[RWX]]
+ folder2 - ...
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Equivalent of SysInternals FileMon for Linux?
I'm attempting to debug an application on Ubuntu - I need to listen to file open attempts (even for files that don't exist).
FileMon is available on Windows - what's on Ubuntu's utility belt?
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What infomation can be had about a USB device that I don't have drivers for?
I have a USB device (USB to RS-232) that works on some computers without drivers but not on others. This is a problem because I don't have the drivers disk for it nor any info on who made it.
Are ...
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Viewing MS Office document properties from command line?
I'm looking for a way to view the properties (title, author, company, etc.) of Office documents from the command line, hopefully both the standard and custom ones. Does such a utility exist?
(My ...
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Richcopy: How do I enable file exclusions?
I'm trying to use Rich Copy to copy log files that are older than 60 days from a directory. Whenever I go in and set the exclusion rules, Rich copy seems to ignore them and just copies everything. ...
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Gentoo Linux useful utilities
I want to make a list of utilities that come in handy in Gentoo (general Linux tools available in all distributions also appreciated).
What tools and commands do you use and consider helpful in ...
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Change file/dir time stamps in Windows
Where can I get the touch utility for Windows?
I have tried this one at CodeProject but it did not change directorys.
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OS X Boot DVD (for imaging and recovery)
It is possible to create a Boot CD/DVD for Mac OS X?
What I would like would be a disc I can put in and boot up into something with a few utilities. We often, for example, have NetRestore NetInstall ...
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Searching the path in Windows to find a file
I know there is a small utility program to do this, but my memory fails me. I often want to find the location of an executable that is somewhere on my windows path -- I just don't know where. I know ...
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Tools a Windows administrator cannot live without
As a Windows administrator, what tools do you feel you cannot live without?
