Needing to extract the contents of a CentOS iso file so that it could be used to http / kickstart installs: mkdir tmp_mntmkdir ./5.3mount -o loop ./CentOS-5.3-x86_64-bin-DVD.iso ./tmp_mntcp -R ./tmp_mnt/* [...]
May
2009
Grepping MailboxFolderStatistics
I am trying to get the the mailbox folder sizes for a user with many folders. Wouldn’t it be great if I could just: get-mailboxfolderstatistics USER | grep “foldernamepattern” | [...]
May
2009
Items Stuck in OWA Outbox
We had an Exchange user with message items appearing in her OWA outbox but which did not display in Outlook. Attempts to delete these items failed and the items kept [...]
May
2009
Exchange server address list service failed to respond
Attempting to move a mailbox from one database to another and received the following error: The address list service on the server ‘SERVERNAME’ is not running. The Exchange server address [...]
May
2009
Linux Web Filtering with OpenDNS and a Dynamic IP Address
Motivation Parental Control / Protecting my kids from some of the nastier stuff on the web is my motivation. On M$ Windows there are commercial offerings such as NetNanny. On [...]
May
2009
echo with new lines
For future reference: echo “This does not give \n a new line” does not work. I had used printf sometimes but the -e switch also works for echo: echo -e [...]
May
2009
Gimp and Layer Styles
Great guide here about using photoshop plug-ins in gimp, installing Layer Styles plug-in (Drop Shadows, Glows etc) in gimp and more.
May
2009
Shell Script Spaces in Filenames
I was using a for loop to read the filenames in a directory but received errors on files with spaces in the names. For future reference the following worked: #!/bin/bashls [...]
May
2009
htaccess symlink problem
I doubt this will be of any help to anyone else but for future reference.Problem:A content management system writes the URLs in <a> tags with a path e.g.: /sites/mysite/AboutUs but [...]
May
2009
PhotoRec Easy Linux File Recovery
I was copying some photos from my wife’s Fuji camera when the photos disappeared from view – obviously not something I caused!Anyway after the initial panic I found PhotoRec which [...]

