Allied Telesis crash course

Allied Telesis

1. Password recovery procedure:

 * Connect to the router using a RS-232 cable
 * Connect to the router via HyperTerminal. Settings for HyperTerminal = 9600 - 8 - None - 1 Flow Control = None
 * Power cycle the router and right away press the s key continuously until you see the login prompt >
 * User:manager; Password:friend

2. Disable security mode:

 disable system security_mode

3. Set IP Address:

 enable ip
 add ip interface=vlan1 ipaddress=192.168.1.1 mask=255.255.255.0
 # To change Address
 set ip interface=interface ipaddress=ipadd mask=ipadd

4. Enable GUI

 set gui=d9924e22.rsc
 enable gui
 show http server

5. Usefull commands

 show install
 show file
 show sys

6. Update firmware

 set loader method=tftp server=10.40.1.118 destination=flash
 load file=89276-02.rez
 show load

Cyclade CS4008 password recovery procedure

This device is linux based.
Just add single to kernel boot parameters, then passwd and write-config.

That’s it.

MS SQL Quick database permission export

SELECT
p.name as ‘LoginName’, pp.name as ‘Role’
FROM sys.database_role_members roles
JOIN sys.database_principals p ON roles.member_principal_id = p.principal_id
JOIN sys.database_principals pp ON roles.role_principal_id = pp.principal_id
Order By p.name, pp.name

Joomla intranet site rendering in IE

It seems that IE turn on by default compatibility view for intranet sites. In that way most joomla DHML menus are not rendering right. To turn off that setting via GP:
Scope: User, MachinePolicy path:Windows Components\Internet Explorer\Compatibility ViewPolicy setting name: Turn on Internet Explorer Standards Mode for Local Intranet

MS AD password expire notification

This is a little VB script that runs FindExpAcc.exe, parses output and send emails to users.

Script have to be started every day with cron job. On iDayOfWeek it will send notification to every user with password expiring in iDaysToExp or less. On every other day it will send notifications only to users with password expiring in exactly iDaysToExp.

CheckPass.vbs

VirtualBox on Gentoo

If you get
ERROR: app-emulation/virtualbox-4.0.10 failed (compile phase)
perhaps you need to install jdk-sun package.

Build Vserver on Gentoo from template

vserver workflow build –context 251 –hostname gentoo –interface eth0:172.16.2.251/24 –initstyle gentoo -m template — -d gentoo -t /vservers/stage4-i686-current.tar.bz2

Alfresko install on Gentoo

emerge -v mysql dev-java/jdbc-mysql dev-java/hibernate dev-java/log4j dev-java/lucene dev-java/sun-jce-bin media-gfx/imagemagick media-gfx/swftools www-servers/tomcat
wget http://dl.alfresco.com/release/community/build-3370/alfresco-community-3…

chmod +x alfresco-community-3.4.d-installer-linux-x32.bin
workflow ~ # ./alfresco-community-3.4.d-installer-linux-x32.bin –mode text

Running CanoScan Lide 25 under Windows 7 64 bit

It seems that this scanner only implements TWAIN technology. Newest Windows OS seems to be shipped with WIA only. In order to use those type of scanners you will need to install scanning software that understand TWAIN. The simplest thing to do is to install 32 bit driver and run:
C:\Windows\twain_32\CNQSG\SGST.exe

SharePoint Uninstall

Well…, it is very strange, that SP uninstall remove English languge ?!

1.If you get :

Exception: Microsoft.SharePoint.SPException: The language is not supported on the server. —> System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8102005E): The language is not supported on the server.

you have to reinstall language pack.

2.If you wonder, SP Console caches .NET configuration files ?!