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Entries from May 2008

Delete service / get plesk password

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

How do you get the Plesk administrator password in Windows:
C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator>cd %plesk_bin%
C:\SWSoft\Plesk\admin\bin>plesksrvclient -get
How do you remove a service listed in the services if it no longer exists?
C:\>sc delete MSSQL$SQLEXPRESS
[SC] DeleteService SUCCESS
This was particularily useful when trying to re-install/upgrade SQL Express.

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Tags: Operating System · Windows

Troubleshooting Unicast Flooding

May 29th, 2008 · No Comments

URLs: http://www.ciscopress.com/articles/article.asp?p=336872
The above url discusses how to trouble shoot unicast flooding issues on a layer 2 network and methods for stopping such flooding.

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Tags: Cisco · Networking

Get data out of a Plesk backup manually

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

URL: http://kb.parallels.com/en/1757
The above URL showed 3 methods, but, went for the second.
It can be done using mpack tools to work with MIME files. This packet is included into Debian:
# apt-get install mpack
For other Linux systems you can try to user RPM from ALT Linux: ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.altlinux.ru/pub/distributions/ALTLinux/Sisyphus/files/i586/RPMS/mpack-1.6-alt1.i586.rpm
or compile mpack from the sources: http://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/mpack/.
- Create an empty [...]

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Tags: Control Panels · Operating System

Cobalt serial console details & single user mode

May 14th, 2008 · No Comments

URL: http://www.cobaltfaqs.com/index.php/Using_a_null_modem_cable
To connect to a Cobalt you will need a null modem cable and the following details:
Otherwise, for a RAQ4/RAQ550: 115200 bps, N-8-1 parity
Or, for a RAQ3 and other possibly other models: 9600 bps, N-8-1 parity
To get into single user mode follow this article: http://www.cobaltfaqs.com/index.php/Single_user_mode
Or, simply power cycle the cobalt and press space as [...]

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Tags: Linux · Operating System

Adding a user to Windows via command line

May 6th, 2008 · No Comments

Useful if you need access to a Windows Virtuozzo virtual environments RDP.
net user YOURUSER YOURPASS /ADD
net localgroup Administrators YOURUSER /ADD

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Tags: Operating System · Windows