Webcam on Ubuntu Just Works : Canyon CNR-WCAM413

I bought this particular webcam Canyon CNR-WCAM413 through Amazon as it was reported to just work on Linux - and it does on Ubuntu 8.04. Thanks to that french guy who laboured away at making drivers for all these devices! Plugged it in, booted up and an... » More

Apache Troubleshooting

Occasionally some requests to web servers cause memory/cpu problems - for the wrong reasons and sometimes the right reasons. I recently had a problem with a Google Search Appliance crawling a Drupal calendar but in hindsight it was probably my own fault... » More

Change Hostname

Great article here.Check current hostname:hostnameChange the hostname in the following files:vi /etc/sysconfig/networkvi /etc/hostsNow run:hostname mynewhostnamerestart networking/etc/init.d/network restart

Forward Root’s Mail

Forwarding the email sent to root on a system to another email address.vi /etc/aliases# Person who should get root's mailroot:   myreal@emailaddress.comThe run:/usr/bin/newaliasesTest it.

OWA Change Password button

OWA allows for changing the AD/domain password but in our case this needed to be disabled as currently password syncronisation back out to the other directories is not possible.EMC > Server Config > Client Access , for each of the Client Access... » More

Ubuntu NumLock Problem in Hardy

Symptom: The Num Lock key does not seem to have any effect and the number keys do not work.Cause: Upgrading from Gutsy to Hardy Heron 8.04. I keep my home folder on a separate partition and have it mounted on boot so something in my home folder... » More

Offline Addressbook Problems

I had a customer who was having difficulty sending emails to a user who was given a new mailbox/email address. Updating the addressbook in Outlook (via Tools > Send and Receive > Download Address Book) was failing.I checked the folder (C:\Program... » More

Active Directory MMC – Object Tab

I keep forgetting how to enable the 'Object' tab in the Active Directory MMC to view the location of an object in the tree, so for future reference....In the main MMC window choose View > Advanced Features

Turn off pings

The follwing file can be set to 0 or 1. 0 does not allow pings on any interface and 1 switches it back on./proc/sys/net/ipv4/icmp_echo_ignore_all