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does anyone else hate the trend to web GUIs in network equipment?
by Scott Granados 06 Aug '09

06 Aug '09

I'm a little disturbed by a trend in network hardware where everything has to have a web front end to configure. Even gear like the Cisco ASA has this totally inaccessible java based ASDM thingy that sucks on a whole new level. (even to sited users) What's happening to the command line? It's so much better and more efficient for working with network elements and frankly for servers. Everyone tell your Cisco reps that this is a bad thing. (tm)

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Backup emails in real time
by Octavian Râşniţă 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Hi, I was asked to save all the email messages sent from my employer's SMTP server and all the messages received on its POP3 server automaticly. Do you know if this is possible? We use Postfix. Are there any hooks we can attach handlers to them in the POP3/SMTP servers or are there any configuration settings we can choose for sending the sent/received messages to an email address, or to a file on the hard disk? Thanks. Octavian

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mailman and postfix virtual mailbox domains
by Dave 05 Aug '09

05 Aug '09

Hello, Is anyone using mailman on Linux with postfix and virtual mailbox domains, i.e. no system users? If so, i'd like to hear from you. I'm trying to get this going on a centos box and having difficulty. This one might be better private, i'm not sure it's not to specific. Thanks. Dave.

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backing up a partition via the internet
by Dave 04 Aug '09

04 Aug '09

Hello, I've got a remote server, Linux, that i have to redo. My hosting provider makes the redo easy, as they have images you can select, operating system version and dependingo on what you pick is what you get. My problem is it'll kill my current data. I've got to back up the / partition from this server to a local server here, then redo the remote machine, then reload the data. Has anyone done partition backups over the net? Thanks. Dave.

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any ghost users?
by Dave 29 Jul '09

29 Jul '09

Hello, Do we have any Norton Ghost users specifically ghost 11 on list? If so, can you write me privately? I'm having an issue ghosting one drive to another, 20 gb master to a 320 gb slave drive, ghost is freezing through the process, though not always in the same place. Thanks. Dave.

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linux directory backup with symlinks
by Dave 23 Jul '09

23 Jul '09

Hello, I've got a directory a du -sh on it shows it's 330 mb in size. This is on a centos 5.3 box. It has directories, regular files and symlinks in it. This shows what happens when i'm working late, brain goes to mush. I want to back it all up symlinks and all making an exact copy for archival purposes. I've tried some tar commands -cpf and -chpf but those gave me different archive sizes, when i uncompressed the folder it was larger or smaller than the original and not by a little bit either there was a 5 mb difference in one case, a 35 mb in another, i'm assuming the symlinks are the snagpoint, and that tar is creating hard links. I thought about rsync but didn't think it archived, pax i don't know. Suggestions welcome. Thanks. Dave.

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Vmware workstation 6.5
by Dave 21 Jul '09

21 Jul '09

Hello, Is anyone using vmware workstation 6.5 with jfw? I was running vmware server on an xp pro machine with vm's inside that, and jfw scripts on the host, now i'm having to switch to workstation 6.5. My first question is are any scripts or other configuration files needed for workstation? Second issue, when i installed a vm on first boot of the vm after the operating system was installed workstation went right in to the vm, i didn't have to hit control g or anything. This was not wanted and getting out with control+alt didn't work, mouse moving trial and error finally got me out. I do have additional questions about specific vm's, but they can wait until i can sort out the basics, any help appreciated. Thanks. Dave.

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orkal and accessiblity?
by romance's prince 19 Jul '09

19 Jul '09

hello friends: please is a blind can work on orkal? how about this field's accessibility? and any tutorials about it? or experience? thanks. ibraam

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performing unattended XP installs on machines that need 3RD party SCSI or RAID drivers?
by Ryan Shugart 09 Jul '09

09 Jul '09

Hi all: Quite a few of the machines at work, higher end Dell Precisions, need a 3RD party SCSI driver to see any hard drives during an XP install. During a normal interactive install, the user is prompted to press a certain function key, I believe F6, at the very beginning of the install if such drivers are necessary. They then insert a floppy with the drivers on it and the install proceeds normally. I was wondering if anyone had any idea how this was done with an unattended install? With Vista this issue never comes up, but XP doesn't seem to have as many drivers built into the CD as Vista does. Loading the drivers onto the same disk as the unattended file doesn't seem to work, so was wondering if there was an easy way to work around this? Thanks. Ryan

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performing unattended XP installs on machines that need 3RD party SCSI or RAID drivers?
by Ryan Shugart 08 Jul '09

08 Jul '09

Hi all: Quite a few of the machines at work, higher end Dell Precisions, need a 3RD party SCSI driver to see any hard drives during an XP install. During a normal interactive install, the user is prompted to press a certain function key, I believe F6, at the very beginning of the install if such drivers are necessary. They then insert a floppy with the drivers on it and the install proceeds normally. I was wondering if anyone had any idea how this was done with an unattended install? With Vista this issue never comes up, but XP doesn't seem to have as many drivers built into the CD as Vista does. Loading the drivers onto the same disk as the unattended file doesn't seem to work, so was wondering if there was an easy way to work around this? Thanks. Ryan

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