Long file names can be a serious pain... for copy and backup reasons.

I recall a NTG client that used a long name for the directories,.. and it made updating nearly impossible Should follow the KISS method... Directory names don't need to be 120 characters long,.. and four deep.

I got it from here

brew install macosvpn

sudo macosvpn create --l2tp Atlantic --endpoint atlantic.example.com --username ' ' --password ' ' --shared-secret s3same

You can provide ' ' for both the username and password, this allows any user to fill in as required.

@manxam said in Dumb question - linux dd write 0s to multiples disks at once:

@stacksofplates : Now you're just showing off 🙂

Ha I didn't mean for it to look like that, but you did make me realize I made a mistake so I'll have to fix it. Make has a lot of uses outside of jsut building software. It's a pretty awesome utility.

Via the ActiveDir list:

https://github.com/CarlWebster

There are some amazing scripts in there for ADDS but also for XenApp, NetScaler, Citrix, and others.

Site: https://carlwebster.com/downloads/download-info/active-directory-2/

MM that is just troubleshooting but it is not loading without the recovery disc or recovery partition. Safemode is a pain as well.

@scottalanmiller said in Reboot a Yealink phone from the command line of a FreePBX system:

@dbeato said in Reboot a Yealink phone from the command line of a FreePBX system:

@jaredbusch said in Reboot a Yealink phone from the command line of a FreePBX system:

@dbeato said in Reboot a Yealink phone from the command line of a FreePBX system:

some changes to the configuration of the phone.

This is one reason I want it done, but rarely do i need to do it from the PBX itself.

Because I create my own config files, I do not get the magic "rebuild config and reboot" button that the paid EPM has in FreePBX.

Generally I only need this when things happen like today when an internal FreePBX system went unexpectedly offline and was rebooted along with the entire Hyper-V server.

BLF subscriptions seem to not update real well to events like that.

Understood, talking about the Paid EPM, Do you see a reason to use it in the Small Business World?

Loads. Even for internal staff, why walk to a phone if you can reboot from your desk?

I like the exercise. 🙂

Like this...

watch "echo Old Size Was: 38M; du -shx /tmp"

@coliver said in How To Download Oracle Java Directly to Server without Clicking Accept:

This is more helpful then you realize.

I needed it today, so I'm pretty aware how useful it is 🙂

@travisdh1 said in Creating an Active Directory Group with PowerShell:

Gah, I'm having bad memories of OpenVMS with the different programs for every single little thing.

It does make for a nice looking and short command-line structure tho.

Oh yeah, SO much different than UNIX.

Yeah, but this was explaining why cd does not work as expected.

@momurda said in Add Whitelist Entries in Office 365:

If you run this command again with different addresses/domains, doesnt it overwrite the previous items in the list, unwhitelisting your previous whitelist addresses?

Correct, this is setting the list. You'd have to append the new ones to the command.

@echo off setlocal :REQUEST set /p REQUEST="Logoff, Shutdown, Reboot or Abort? L/S/R/A " if /i %request%==l goto logoff if /i %request%==s goto timer if /i %request%==r goto timer if /i %request%==a goto abort goto REQUEST :logoff shutdown -f -l goto exit :abort shutdown -a goto exit :timer set /p TIMER="Wait how many seconds? " if /i %request%==s shutdown -f -s -t %timer% if /i %request%==r shutdown -f -r -t %timer% :exit

Totally coincidence that I posted this same topic for PowerShell yesterday and today I started moving over my Windows Admin blog content and the first post over there was the same topic, but without PowerShell!

@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:

@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:

@coliver said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:

@thwr said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:

@IRJ said in Building a First Active Directory Domain Controller on Windows 2012 R2 Core:

Good article. There is ZERO reason to have a GUI on a Domain Controller. Everything can be done through Server Manager on Windows 10/8

You mean RSAT 😉

Both? You can do a lot of directory management through Server Manager as well.

Ok, agree. Just don't like the Server Manager this much, ugly interface. I want to be sure WHICH drive on WHICH host I'm going to format for example. But that is just my personal opinion and I'm more or less a console fetishist 😉

But when it comes to ADSIedit or AD sites, you really want to have RSAT.

huh?

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Those options are generally only there is RSAT is installed.

Sweet. Thanks for getting this for us @adam-ierymenko

@scottalanmiller said in Renaming a Windows Computer from the Command Line:

@IRJ said in Renaming a Windows Computer from the Command Line:

@scottalanmiller said in Renaming a Windows Computer from the Command Line:

@IRJ said in Renaming a Windows Computer from the Command Line:

I learned something new today. I have been using the shutdown command for years. I never realized you could rename a PC with it.

shutdown doesn't do the renaming, you just have to reboot after you rename.

I use "m" instead of c for computer name

/c is the comment for the logs to tell them that you just "Renamed Machine", it doesn't rename it, it literally puts "Renamed Machine" into the reboot logs.

Ok. Got ya.