Adding a Server 2012 DC to an existing domain with Powershell
by simoriah on Oct.09, 2012, under computers
This article will explain how to use Powershell to add your first Server 2012 domain controller to an existing domain.
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Windows Server 2012 Powershell Command Guide
by simoriah on Oct.09, 2012, under computers
I’m tinkering with my first Server 2012 install and thought I’d document what I’m doing with it. I assume that I’ll be using this (and subsequent posts) as my own “how to” for building up and maintaining servers in the future.
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Restore files from locally cached “offline files” in windows
by simoriah on Apr.10, 2012, under Uncategorized
Offline files can be awesome or a nightmare. I have one client that uses the heck out of them to ensure that “my documents” is regularly being synchronized to a server for backups. But what happens if something happens to a laptop and you need to pull data off a hard drive because the files haven’t synchronized? Easy!
Download csccmd.exe from http://www.tehlunix.org/csccmd_v1.1.zip
Use a computer with the same service pack as the original. This is important.
Copy the %SYSTEMROOT%\CSC directory contents from the old hard drive to the same location on the working computer. Or you can work directly from the drive if you’re simply restoring data.
Open a command prompt and:
Type csccmd /enable
Create a directory, for example D:\Recover
Type: csccmd /extract /target:D:\Recover /recurse
The files will be extracted from their compressed offline files format back to their original format!
sendmail AUTH=client, available mechanisms do not fulfill requirements
by simoriah on Mar.02, 2012, under Uncategorized
This will be REALLY quick.
You’ve been through all of the instructions for how to do SMTP auth. You’ve added your access.db, added the rules, verified sendmail is compiled with sasl2 support, verified sasl2 is installed. And your log files still show “available mechanisms do not fulfill requirements”
If you’re using a package manager, check to see if there is something like cyrus-sasl2-plain in the package list. That package is available for CentOS. sasl2 was installed, but I needed to install the -plain package. Once I did this, everything worked great.
Bicycle Cargo Trailer Build – Take2
by simoriah on Feb.27, 2011, under Bicycles, Projects
In our last episode, I was failing at welding and making things even. In this episode, we’ll try something new. This time, things turned out pretty well!
Bicycle Cargo Trailer Build – Take1
by simoriah on Feb.27, 2011, under Uncategorized
Monkey and I do a lot of fishing in the warmer weather. We also like to do a lot of bicycle riding. The two tend to be mutually exclusive, so I sent out to build a trailer so we can ride to the lake, go fishing, and ride home.
It’s not pretty. Hell, it’s downright UGLY! It’s part of why I scrapped the design.
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Wine Recipe – Goodbye to Family and Friends
by simoriah on Sep.25, 2010, under Uncategorized
A friend of mine just sent this to me and I thought I’d post the recipe. I’m kind of afraid to try it out….
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Exchange 2007 certificate issue
by simoriah on Sep.16, 2009, under Uncategorized
Exchange 2007 UCC SSL certificates. We love ‘em. They actually do make life a little easier when dealing with SSL on internal and external environments. But I just ran into a little quirk with the GoDaddy interface and with the Microsoft Certificate Store.
Antenna Attachment Point?
by simoriah on Jan.04, 2009, under computers
My dad’s a camper. Well… sort of. He spends about a month per year camping in his RV. He’s got a laptop. It has a wireless internet connection. But he can rarely use it because his “wireless campgrounds” tend to have a single WAP at one end of the campground. In their office. With cheezy little antennas. And a picnic table outside so you can drag your laptop out to it and do your surfing there. It’s a little less than ideal. So I’ve set out to fix this for my dad. I’m going to make dad a beefy antenna for his RV. The antenna will have a USB wifi dongle inside it so there’s VERY low RF loss. A USB cable will then plug into his laptop. That’s the plan, anyway.
