Unusual dns lookup behaviour
Hi r/sysadmin, I went to telnet into a mail server today to check something and accidentally misspelled the hostname. Much to my surprise, it resolved to an IP outside of my network. I tested it a few...
View ArticleACL wilcard mask
I'm looking at our running config on an ASA 5510 and it looks like all of our access control lists are using subnet mask instead of a wildcard mask... I'm new. Somebody explain why this works? For...
View ArticleServer task scheduling visual tool
I am looking for a tool where I can record scheduled tasks and allows me to see what a system is doing during the day. A task could be anything from system scanning, backups, SQL jobs, updating and...
View ArticleMoving from NAS to SAN advice
How does one broach the subject of a SAN to management? It seems the investment is going to be no less than 20k, which is a hard number to present, even in an organization such as the one I work, where...
View ArticleNeed to Learn FAST (Visual Learning)
Reddit, I need to find very useful visual training for networking/system administration (fast). Can you please post links or names of games/interactive diagrams that will help me keep my job. (Mostly...
View ArticleAD Migration 2008R2 to 2008R2
I've been tasked with migrating our existing AD users (win2008R2) onto a new domain, but I'm not sure what the best approach here would be. The current forest is a big mess -- many computers that no...
View ArticleFor all those people like me who work desk jobs, but don't really need to be...
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View ArticleWindows Deployment Services - TFTP Issues
I'm trying to set up a WDS server in my domain. I have overcome several issues so far, such as not recognizing the WDS server on the PXE boot. I fixed that by setting 067 Bootfile Name to \<server...
View ArticleHas anyone ever successfully pushed a bad IT supervisor out of his job.
My boss lacks the knowledge or management skill required to run a moderately successful shop. Myself and another admin are pieces in place that are ready to do things right, cheaper, and more...
View ArticleKVM Recommendations?
I currently have a 10ish year old KVM switch in my rack that I'm dying to get rid of, but I have no idea what to replace it with. It's one of the old 20 port VGA models like you might have a smaller...
View ArticleYour experience with MPPP Internet
So our office is located in a pretty terrible area where there is no DSL, Cable, Fios, or other highspeed internet. We have had T1 internet for 10 years now, and it's just not cutting it anymore. We...
View ArticleDear Apple,
Stop pretending that you can compete with professionals and produce a viable server product. OS X Server is a festering barely functioning shit pile that makes Windows Vista look like an awesome OS....
View ArticleUsers unable to 'send as'.
I got some users getting "You can't send a message on behalf of this user unless you have permission to do so. Please make sure you're sending on behalf of the correct sender, or request the necessary...
View Articleuid Numbering Practices
In Running Linux, 5th Edition (p.386), it's mentioned that: It's customary to have user accounts numbered 100 and above and the administrative accounts in the sub-100 range. Is this still in practice...
View ArticleMac w/ office 11 hitting exchange server hard
So we have one user with a MAC that is connected to a 1.5 T1 to our corporate office. We have a bonded T1 connection at corporate and we're seeing this person device hit our Exchange server hard with...
View ArticleCet labs in the cloud.
Has anyone used Amazon EC2 for Cert Labs? I am thinking about setting up my laps for MCITP and wanted to know about anyone elses experience. What did you do to reduce costs? Did you use S3 or EBS for...
View ArticleAvaya Road Warrior Setup Help
Hi all, Anyone here have experience with setting up Avaya IP agent in road warrior? I'm running into a problem in that the station logs in fine, but: 1) the agent does not login 2) I cannot make an...
View ArticleGroup Task Management Software
I'm looking for some kind of task management software that I can use to assign work to people on my team, check on status etc... Anyone have any suggestions? It would be nice to have Outlook and...
View ArticleResponse file help (win2003 winxp bootable CDs)
Hi admins, I'm trying to figure out how to change the Regional setting "Location" in the response file on the win2003 cd (unattend.txt or winnt.sif). As far as my research goes, there is no entry...
View Articlesetting up XEN on centos, having some issues.
im in centos 5.6 xen is installed properly on kernel 2.6.18-274.3.1.el5xen in the gui where you setup the VM it asks for an installation media url, and a kickstart url, I have not a clue what these...
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