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USB to Serial Mac OS X for console connections

Download the 32bit driver here or the 64bit driver here  to be used with the PL2303 adapter that can be purchased cheap online. To initiate an console connection find your device: bash-3.2$ ls -la /dev/tty.* crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 18, 2 26 Oct 08:32 /dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 18, 0 26 Oct 08:32 /dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync crw-rw-rw- 1 root wheel 18, 6 26 Oct 14:40 /dev/tty.PL2303-000013FA Execute: screen /dev/tty.PL2303-000013FA 9600 If it doesn't work for you uninstall it this way; kextunload /System/Library/Extensions/osx-pl2303.kext/ sudo rm -r /System/Library/Extensions/osx-pl2303.kext/ sudo rm -r /Library/Receipts/osx-pl2303.pkg

Mac OS X key-based ssh login

To set up key-based SSH, you must generate the keys the two computers will use to establish and validate the identity of each other. To do this run, the following commands in Terminal: Check to see whether a .ssh folder exists in your home directory by running the command ls -ld ~/.ssh. If .ssh is listed in the output, move to step 2. If .ssh is not listed in the output, run mkdir ~/.ssh and continue to step 2. Run: cd ~/.ssh Run: ssh-keygen -b 1024 -t dsa -f id_dsa -P '' This command generates the public and private keys. The -b flag sets the length of the keys to 1,024-bits, -t indicates to use the DSA hashing algorithm, -f sets the file name as id_dsa, and -P '' sets the private key password to be null. The null private key password allows for automated SSH connections. Run: touch authorized_keys2 Run: cat id_dsa.pub >> authorized_keys2 Run: chmod 400 id_dsa The permissions on the private key must be set so that the file is not world readable. Run...

Microsoft SQL Reporting Services FIX

Scenario MS SQL 2005 Reporting Services on Windows Server 2003. App based on MS SQL Reporting services web service failing. Error " System.Configuration.ConfigurationErrorsException: The RSA key container could not be opened" Trouble shooting steps I followed. Check IIS, how are you authenticating? Check permissions on the sql database, ensure the web server HOSTNAME$ is db owner. If IIS is anonymous then NETWORK SERVICE must have db permissions too. Check permissions on your web services via the admin interface usually something like this http://HOSTNAME/Reports$DBINSTANCENAME/Pages/Folder.aspx Check you can access the web services from a workstation to ensure the service is "exposed" Check you can access the web services from the web server, you should be able to enter the web service required variables and return data. If the site is running in the "Network Service" context then it is possible that the access to key store was removed. To reas...

CatOS to IOS

Just some more examples to jog my memory ;) CatOS Native IOS set vlan [vlan-id] [mod]/[port] interface [gigabit/fastethernet][mod]/[port]  switchport  switchport mode access  switchport access vlan [vlan-id] set port enable [mod]/[port] interface [gigabit/fastethernet][mod]/[port]  no shutdown set port disable [mod]/[port] interface [gigabit/fastethernet][mod]/[port]  shutdown set spantree portfast interface [gigabit/fastethernet][mod]/[port]  spanning-tree portfast set port speed [mod]/[port] [auto/10/100/1000] interface [gigabit/fastethernet][mod]/[port]  speed [auto/10/100/1000] set port duplex [mod]/[port] [half/full] (Note: Auto duplex automatically set with speed auto ) interface [gigabit/fastethernet][mod]/[port]  duplex [auto/full/half] reset system reload show cam dynamic show mac-address-table dynamic show channel show etherchannel summary show port [mod]/[port] show interface [gigabit/fastethernet][mod]/[port] show spantre...

CatOS/IOS example vlan trunk

CatOS sw> enable sw> set trunk {port to trunk on} on dot1q {vlans to allow} EXAMPLE set trunk 4/48 on dot1q 2-3,10,20,30,69,96-99 (This example sets port 4/48 to the 802.1q standard, and only allows VLANs 2-3,10,20,30,69,96 to 99) IOS sw> enable sw> config t sw> interface GigabitEthernet0/1 sw-if> switchport trunk encapsulation dot1q sw-if> switchport mode trunk sw-if> end sw> write mem