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• Most effective way to change Linux command prompt for all users?

  - by incredimike

  I have several machines and the hostnames are really long.. i.e. companyname-ux-staging-web1.companyname.com. So my prompt looks something like [root@mycompany-ux-staging-web1 ~]# I'd like to shorten that up for all users on all machines with the least amount of work. From what I read I have a couple options, but they all have their drawbacks. I could change the hostname, but that would likely affect applications. Not a great choice. I could alter also $PS1 at login for all users by editing all .bashrc for existing users, and edit /etc/skel/.bashrc for potential new users. That's a lot of work across 10 machines. What's my best option or what have I overlooked?

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• What are some techniques to monitor multiple instances of a piece of software?

  - by Geo Ego

  It was recommended that I ask this question here by a member of StackOverflow. I have a piece of self-serve kiosk software that will be running at multiple sites. I'd like to monitor their status remotely. The kiosk application itself is pretty much finished. I am now in the process of creating a piece of software that will monitor all of the kiosks from a central location so that the customer can view particular details remotely (for instance, how many bills are in the acceptor's cash cartridge, what customer is currently logged in, etc.). Because I am in such an early stage of development, my options are quite open. I understand that I'm not giving very many qualifications, but I'd like to try to get a good variety of potential solutions. Some details: Kiosk software is a VB6 app running on Windows Embedded Monitoring software will be run on a modern desktop version of Windows (either XP, Vista, or 7) Database is SQL Server 2008 My initial idea was to develop a .NET app that would simply report the last database transaction for each kiosk at a set interval (say every second or so) but I'd really like for the kiosk software to report its status in real-time. I'm not exactly sure where to begin in terms of what modifications may need to be made to the kiosk software, and what the monitoring software will require. Links to articles on these topics would be most welcome.

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• If my Remote Desktop Connection Broker server goes down, can users still access my two Terminal Servers?

  - by Frank Owen

  I would like to setup the Remote Desktop Connection Broker to allow better load balancing of the two terminal servers we have as well as allowing the user to re-establish to the correct server if they get disconnected. My worry is, if I set this up and the server this service is running goes down, does the terminal server stop accepting connections or will they just lose the benefit of having RDCB turned on? I don't want to add another point of failure in this equation unless I have to.

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• setting up git on cygwin - openssl

  - by user23020

  I'm trying to get git running in cygwin on a windows 7 machine I have git unpacked and the directory git-1.7.1.1 when i run make install from within that directory, I get CC fast-import.o In file included from builtin.h:4, from fast-import.c:147: git-compat-util.h:136:19: iconv.h: No such file or directory git-compat-util.h:140:25: openssl/ssl.h: No such file or directory git-compat-util.h:141:25: openssl/err.h: No such file or directory In file included from builtin.h:6, from fast-import.c:147: cache.h:9:21: openssl/sha.h: No such file or directory In file included from fast-import.c:156: csum-file.h:10: error: parse error before "SHA_CTX" csum-file.h:10: warning: no semicolon at end of struct or union csum-file.h:15: error: 'crc32' redeclared as different kind of symbol /usr/include/zlib.h:1285: error: previous declaration of 'crc32' was here csum-file.h:15: error: 'crc32' redeclared as different kind of symbol /usr/include/zlib.h:1285: error: previous declaration of 'crc32' was here csum-file.h:17: error: parse error before '}' token fast-import.c: In function `store_object': fast-import.c:995: error: `SHA_CTX' undeclared (first use in this function) fast-import.c:995: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once fast-import.c:995: error: for each function it appears in.) fast-import.c:995: error: parse error before "c" fast-import.c:1000: warning: implicit declaration of function `SHA1_Init' fast-import.c:1000: error: `c' undeclared (first use in this function) fast-import.c:1001: warning: implicit declaration of function `SHA1_Update' fast-import.c:1003: warning: implicit declaration of function `SHA1_Final' fast-import.c: At top level: fast-import.c:1118: error: parse error before "SHA_CTX" fast-import.c: In function `truncate_pack': fast-import.c:1120: error: `to' undeclared (first use in this function) fast-import.c:1126: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type fast-import.c:1127: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type fast-import.c:1128: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type fast-import.c:1128: error: `ctx' undeclared (first use in this function) fast-import.c: In function `stream_blob': fast-import.c:1140: error: `SHA_CTX' undeclared (first use in this function) fast-import.c:1140: error: parse error before "c" fast-import.c:1154: error: `pack_file_ctx' undeclared (first use in this functio n) fast-import.c:1154: error: dereferencing pointer to incomplete type fast-import.c:1160: error: `c' undeclared (first use in this function) make: *** [fast-import.o] Error 1 I'm guessing that most of these errors are due to the iconv.h and openssl files which apparently are missing, but I can't figure out how I'm supposed to install those (if I am), or if there is some other way to get around this.

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• Good Choice of Memory for Asus K52F-BBR5

  - by Christopher Painter

  I recently purchased an Asus K52F-BBR5 notebook. It's a basic laptop with an Intel P6100 CPU and Mobile Intel® HM55 Express Chipset. It came with 3GB of DDR3 SODIMM memory and I'd like to expand it to 8GB. I'm a little confused by DDR3 nomenclature and not up to date on my knowledge of chipsets. I'd like to make a good choice when selecting memory for it. Crucial's database suggests using either a PC3-8500 with CAS 7 or a PC3-10600 with a CAS of 9. Is the 8500 better because of it's CAS 7 or will my chipset run the memory async at a higher speed and get better performance? Which would be a better choice for my chipset and CPU? Price difference is negligble.

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• Permissions error when creating desktop shortcut

  - by Ryan M.

  Hey guys, I have a user that's got a weird permissions problem on Windows 7. He's trying to create a shortcut for Outlook on his desktop(he doesn't want it in his start menu or his taskbar...). If we right click the outlook.exe and do Send to Desktop, it works just fine. If we do a search for "outlook" in the search bar, and then try and drag and drop the outlook icon to the desktop, we get the error message "You need Permission to perform this action. You require permission from SYSTEM to make changes to this file: Microsoft Office Outlook 2007". Dragging and dropping other exe's onto the desktop work just fine. They create shortcuts without any problems. But if I try to do ANY of the Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, etc..) I get this permission error. Any ideas? He's using an A.D. account and he's in the local administrators group. He's an executive so he's not accepting "this isn't a real problem because I found another way to make a shortcut" as an answer. Any help is appreciated.

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• Application for time and projet management

  - by user10826

  I want to improve the way I organize my projects/tasks/schedule What I do now is: keep an excel sheet with the name of the most important tasks/projects, I look at it at the beginning of each day and decide the ones I will focus on on iCal I write down events for each day, or for a concrete time (13 to 14 hours). I set up each day the tasks I want to accomlish, and allocate them hours I use Things (culture code) to keep info about tasks and projects not very important and which are not time allocated yet (GTD name = someday) I use Mail on Mac and create folders for the mails I want to process with the name of the different projects I save the main info for each project on freemind maps My system works well at the moment but it is pretty complicated to use. I want to make it better and I am looking for something with these requirements: must be 100% offline accessable it should use as less programs/resources as possible, ideally just one program should be able to manage all my info I can use the GTD methodology mixed with priorities and I can allocate each task converted to event on my calendar I can have different daily/weekly, etc views on a calendar to see the "big picture" must run on mac os x leopard price does not matter, I will pay for this So, according to your experience, can you recommend me something like this? Thanks

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• How to re-enable Autoplay for removeable drives on Windows 7

  - by Clay Nichols

  When I plug a USB thumb drive into my Win7 PC, it no longer auto-launches the window giving me options like "Import Photos" or "browse". The drive is recognized but nothing autolaunches. Similarly, CD's don't autoplay either. I verified that Win7 is set to autoplay, per method 1 and 2 of: http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/27544-autoplay-enable-disable-autorun.html FYI, there is a similar question (but for Windows XP) here on SU.

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• How do I remove 1,000,000 directories?

  - by harper

  I found that in a directory more than 1,000,000 subdirectories has been created due to a bug. I want to remove all these directories, let's say in the directory WebsiteCache. My first approach was to use the command line tool: cd WebsiteCache rmdir /Q /S . This will remove all subdirectories except the directory WebsiteCache itself, since it is the current working directory. I noticed after two hours that the directoriws starting with A-H have been removed. Why does rmdir removes the directories in alphabetical order? It must take additional effort to do this ordered. What is the fastest way to delete such an amount of directories?

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• Tools for reformatting a spreadsheet into PDF?

  - by Todd

  I'm looking for an easy way to produce nicely formatted PDF documents using a subset of data available in a spreadsheet. Ideally, I would be able to produce one or more PDF documents for each row int e spreadsheet. Each row contains scientific data about a sample. There are numbers, text and images in the Spreadsheet that need to be reformatted in a nice way in a PDF. Ideally, the solution would be a piece of software that a non-technical but highly intelligent scientist could operate.

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• Why do I see the weird backspace behaviour on my shell sometimes?

  - by Lazer

  I use bash shell and sometimes all of a sudded, my Backspace key stops working (when this happens Ctrl + Backspace still works fine) I am not sure why this happens, but it also carries over to any vim sessions that I use from the shell. To my surprise, getting a fresh shell does not help, and the problem seems to go away as abruptly as it started. This is what the typed characters look like, each Backspace keypress is shown by a ^? on the shell $ cat filem^?namr^?e Does anybody have a clue what might be happening? How can I restore the normal behaviour?

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• Fix static ip address problems in Ubuntu 10.04

  - by jane

  I used Network Manager in Ubuntu 10.04 to set a static ip address and assigned one that was already in use. Now my computer will not boot (nfs crashes). I booted from a live cd to change the configuration on the file system in /etc/network/interfaces but the file looks to be the default. Where does the network manager (the gui from system- preferences) store it's configuration so I can overwrite it and enter the correct ip addresss and have a happy working computer again. thanks!!

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• DNS resolution not working on Browsers but on Shell

  - by Shyam Sunder Verma

  Running dig/ping on any domain, give me correct ip. When I try to browse google.com in browser it does not work. When I pick the IP (via ping) and use it in browser, website open via IP fine. But further work does not work, because of name resolution problem. DO NOT works fine on : Ubuntu 9.10 installed in Virtual Box over Windows. Ubuntu 10.10 installed in Virtual Box over Windows. Ubuntu 9.10 installed on laptop. But Internet works fine on windows vista installed on laptop.

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• Restrict SSH user to connection from one machine

  - by Jonathan

  During set-up of a home server (running Kubuntu 10.04), I created an admin user for performing administrative tasks that may require an unmounted home. This user has a home directory on the root partition of the box. The machine has an internet-facing SSH server, and I have restricted the set of users that can connect via SSH, but I would like to restrict it further by making admin only accessible from my laptop (or perhaps only from the local 192.168.1.0/24 range). I currently have only an AllowGroups ssh-users with myself and admin as members of the ssh-users group. What I want is something that works like you may expect this setup to work (but it doesn't): $ groups jonathan ... ssh-users $ groups admin ... ssh-restricted-users $ cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config ... AllowGroups ssh-users [email protected].* ... Is there a way to do this? I have also tried this, but it did not work (admin could still log in remotely): AllowUsers [email protected].* * AllowGroups ssh-users with admin a member of ssh-users. I would also be fine with only allowing admin to log in with a key, and disallowing password logins, but I could find no general setting for sshd; there is a setting that requires root logins to use a key, but not for general users.

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• Windows 8 est passé en phase Milestone 2, d'après des sources anonymes proches du processus de développement

  WWindows 8 est passé en phase Milestone 2, d'après des sources anonymes proches du processus de développement Mise à jour du 04.01.2011 par Katleen Pour bien commencer l'année, voici quelques nouvelles indiscrétions concernant Windows 8. D'après des rumeurs qui s'amplifient de jour en jour aux Etats-Unis, il semblerait que le second Milestone de Windows 8 aurait été compilé par Microsoft. Sur quoi se base une telle affirmation ? Sur le fait que la firme de Redmond aurait commencé a nommer ses builds en débutant par 6.2.79xx, etc. Ceci impliquerait une sortie de Windows 8 Milestone 2 (pour Milestone 1, les builds commencent par 6.2.78xx). La dernière build...

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• Windows 7 passe la barre des 30 % de part de marché sur Développez et en Europe, un succès pour Steve Ballmer

  Windows 7 passe la barre des 30 % de part de marché Sur Développez et en Europe, un succès pour Steve Ballmer Mise à jour du 04/01/11 Les chiffres varient mais la tendance est sûre : Windows 7 progresse très rapidement. Selon NetApps, l'OS de Microsoft a ainsi passé la barre des 20 % de part de marché au niveau mondial en Décembre (20.87 % exactement). Un chiffre en constante augmentation, mais qui est inférieure à d'autres estimations. [IMG]http://ftp-developpez.com/gordon-fowler/StatCounter-os-ww-monthly-201101-201101-bar.jpg[/IMG] Notamment celles de StatCounter, qui crédite Windows 7 d'un score de prè...

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• Intel présente ses puces Sandy Bridge, axées sur l'overclocking, la protection de contenus et le contrôle graphique

  Intel présente ses puces Sandy Bridge, axées sur l'overclocking, la protection de contenus et le contrôle graphique Mise à jour du 04.01.2011 par Katleen C'est officiel, Intel va enfin dévoiler ses puces Sandy Bridge tant attendues, et dans les temps annoncés qui plus est. Les produits, qui viennent d'être lancés, seront présentés cette semaine lors du CES de Las Vegas. La gamme Sandy Bridge se compose de 4 Core i3, 12 Core i5 et 13 Core i7 dont 1 qualifié d'Extreme. Comme nous vous l'annoncions en septembre, ces processeurs seront gravés en 32nm et seront optimisés pour un usage dans les ordinateurs portables (laptops, netbooks, etc.), pour des fréquences de 2,2 GHz (po...

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• SQL Server in the Evening - 19th Jan in Frimley, Surrey

  - by JustinL

  Just a short note to mention, Gavin Payne (blog and twitter) is organising an event shortly in Frimley, Surrey - SQL Server in the Evening.  The Agenda focuses on Infrastructure DBAs, with the following sessions planned:Getting the most for SQL Server from VMware – VMware Sales EngineerSQL Server Transparent Data Encryption – Gavin Payne, Solution Architect, AttendaUnderstanding where cloud services really fit within your data centre – Matt Mould, Advisory Practice Consultant, EMC ConsultingIf it sounds like it might float your boat and/ or you fancy meeting some fellow SQL Server DBAs, it's free to register here: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1125559579Regards,Justin Langford - Coeo LtdSQL Server Consultants | SQL Server Remote DBA

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• Consumer Electronics Show (CES):CRM for High Technology Firms

  - by charles.knapp

  The Consumer Electronics Show, opening Thursday, showcases product innovations that stem from best practices in design, manufacturing, and distribution. Oracle and IBM invite you to learn best practices from peers, as well as why it matters to use CRM tailored for high technology firms -- offered only by Oracle. On Wednesday, January 5, 1-7 pm at the Bellagio Hotel Las Vegas, learn from peers at IBM, VTech, Plantronics, Cisco, Symantec, and Oracle about how to improve:Channel sales, marketing, and operations management - maximize new product introductions (NPI), sales, forecasts, training, channel promotions, and settlement Winning the deal - determine the right price for the right deal for the "perfect quote," capture the order, and manage orders Collaborative and rapid supply chain planning - improve agility, inventory turns, and profits Please join us for the Oracle/IBM CES High Technology Summit and make useful connections with your peers at the evening networking reception. Register now for this FREE event.

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• Moving OVD from Test to Production

  - by mark.wilcox

  Customer asked support "How to move a test OVD server to production". There is a couple of ways to do this. One way is to clone the environment: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E15523_01/core.1111/e10105/testprod.htm#CH... Another way - which is particularly useful if you want to push configuration from a parent OVD server to children in a cluster: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/oid.1111/e10046/basic_server_set... Note if you use the second option and you have any data in a Local Store Adapter - you may also need to use the oidcmprec tool to synchronize that data: http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E14571_01/oid.1111/e10029/replic_mng_mon.h... Posted via email from Virtual Identity Dialogue

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• Opera Demos It’s Browser For Tablets

  - by Gopinath

  Opera has released a video teaser that shows off its upcoming Opera browser for tables. When it comes to web browsers for mobile devices, Opera is the best browser. Opera browsers for mobile phones speeds up page loading several times by offloading page rendering process to it’s servers. After conquering major mobile phone browser market, now Opera want to do same for tablets. A new browser is demonstrated running on Android tablets. Check the 25 second embedded video featuring a glimpse at the UI, smooth scrolling  and pinch to zoom features. This article titled,Opera Demos It’s Browser For Tablets, was originally published at Tech Dreams. Grab our rss feed or fan us on Facebook to get updates from us.

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• What to choose for beginner: PHP/Python/Ruby

  - by Nai

  I'm a beginner teaching myself to code but I would like he insight of the PSE community and helping choose where to start. My main objective is to be able to create a basic website to first test my business idea and from there iterate on it quickly to minimise my learning time. The most important criteria for me is speed. An example of speed would be pre-built components available open source and not having to write one from scratch. From my research, this seems to be a death match between the following languages and frameworks: PHP and CakePHP Python and Django Ruby and Rails Assumptions: I am going to be equally good (or bad) in all 3. It is going to be equally easy to find competent developers in either language. I know this to be false already by lets assume that it is. This question is not meant to karma whore as I've seen how passionate some of these standoff questions have been and I'll be happy to turn it into a community wiki.

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• How should calculations be handled in a document database

  - by Morten

  Ok, so I have a program that basically logs errors into a nosql database. Right now there is just a single model for an error and its stored as a document in the nosql database. Basically I want to summarize across different errors and produce a summary of the "types" of errors that occured. Traditionally in a SQL database the this normalization would work with groupings, sums and averages but in a NoSQL database I assume I need to use mapreduce. My current model seems unfit for the task, how should I change the way I store "models" in order to make statistical analysis easy? Would a NoSQL database even be the right tool for this type of problem? I'm storing things in Google AppEngine's BigTable, so there are some limitations to think of as well.

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• Can you recommend a good test plan template?

  - by Ethel Evans

  Can you recommend a good test plan template for an agile testing team? I know there are templates for testing on the web and have already looked at some found by search engines, but I could really use something lightweight and something that has already been tried by skilled testers and is known to work well. Many templates I've seen give me the feeling that writing test documents is expected to be a third of the work that those testers are doing, but my team really prefers to use less documentation and more actual test writing. We use a wiki for documentation, so an approach that lends itself to living documents would be great. My hope is that using a more structured approach to test planning will increase the usefulness of my test plan while reducing the effort to create it by allowing me to think about the tests, and not the format and structure of the plan. My workplace does not have something already on hand, so whatever I start doing might be adopted by the company.

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• What server-side language should I learn to be able to start big user-input websites (like twitter, facebook, stackexchange...)?

  - by DarkLightA

  I'm thinking ASP.NET, but I don't really know. Can someone tell me what a good server-side language for the "Zuckerberg-dorm-room-starting-up-a-huge-website" deal? I know the latter used PHP, but as I've understood it that's kind of outdated and C#/ASP.NET is a better way to go about it. Is HTML + CSS + JavaScript + C#/ASP.NET MVC + MySQL a good combination for it? Is MySQL combined in ASP.NET MVC? Also, where's a good tutorial for the server-side language you suggest? As mentioned previously it has to be able to handle massive user-input without much fuss.

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