Long time no post…
So I’m not much of a writer as evident by the state of my blog. I’m going to try to rectify that over the next few months as I am trying to find new (or old) outlets in my life in order to express myself.
Red Hat Certified System Administrator — RHCSA (EX200)
Hi Guys, I’m still settling in to my new apartment. I have not be able to get internet yet, but I haven’t forgotten about this place. I have been busy unpacking, and planning a 6 week trip to my hometown to visit family which will begin this weekend. In November I took a quick boot […]
How to reset Windows 2003/2008 Service SDDL ACL
What is SDDL? SDDL stands for “Security Descriptor Definition Language”, the definition from Microsoft “The security descriptor definition language (SDDL) defines the string format that the ConvertSecurityDescriptorToStringSecurityDescriptor and ConvertStringSecurityDescriptorToSecurityDescriptor functions use to describe a security descriptor as a text string. The language also defines string elements for describing information in the components of a security […]
Enable Two-Step Authentication on Ubuntu/Debian with Google’s libPAM
With security being on the top of everyone’s mind these days. We come to a point where we have to consider extra security for our servers. Over the weekend I decided to add Google Authenticator’s PAM module to my web servers as an added layer of security. What is Google Authenticator? The Google Authenticator project […]
Generating and Organizing SSL CSR
At work, even though I support Windows Servers by profession, I choose to use a Linux OS on my desktop/laptop. I have to admit that when I started at RackSpace SSL certs were not my strong suite. By now after almost a year and a half, I have had to generate a ton of SSL […]
Check which databases have been restored recently
A simple script I found to help see which databases have been restored recently, good thing to check if you are troubleshooting SQL 2005/2008 backup issues. SELECT [rs].[destination_database_name], [rs].[restore_date], [bs].[backup_start_date], [bs].[backup_finish_date], [bs].[database_name] as [source_database_name], [bmf].[physical_device_name] as [backup_file_used_for_restore] FROM msdb..restorehistory rs INNER JOIN msdb..backupset bs ON [rs].[backup_set_id] = [bs].[backup_set_id] INNER JOIN msdb..backupmediafamily bmf ON [bs].[media_set_id] = […]
Piracy in the workplace.
From the title you know this is going to be a sensitive issue. I’ll try go easy on it. Recently i was put into a situation where the company I work for hired a new person. This said person needed special software in order to do to his/her job. The owner of the company politely […]
ShoreTel – Telnet into phones
At my current job, I got the pleasure to get acquainted with a VOIP system. I’ve had VOIP phones before at previous companies, but they were usually managed by the “experts’. So managing, and learning to manage this system i have to say has been a learning curve. One issue i have been trying to […]