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Epoch Converter - Unix Timestamp Converter : "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

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import json class Subscriber ( object ): firstname = None lastname = None class Post ( object ): author = None title = None def decode_from_dict ( cls , vals ): obj = cls () for key , val in vals . items (): setattr ( obj , key , val ) return obj SERIALIZABLE_CLASSES = { 'Subscriber' : Subscriber , 'Post' : Post } def decode_object ( d ): for field in d : if field in SERIALIZABLE_CLASSES : cls = SERIALIZABLE_CLASSES [ field ] return decode_from_dict ( cls , d [ field ]) return d results = '''[{"Subscriber": {"firstname": "Neal", "lastname": "Walters"}}, {"Post": {"author": {"Subscriber": {"firstname": "Neal", "lastname": "Walters"}}}, ...

HOW TO: Configuring authentication against Windows Domain - Ubuntu Forums : "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

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The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) - Joel on Software : "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

How do I reset the ReadyNAS to factory default? Resetting the ReadyNAS back to factory default will wipe out all configuration and data. Please understand this before continuing. If you choose to continue, here are the steps: Power down the ReadyNAS. Locate the reset pinhole. ReadyNAS 600/X6: the pinhole is on the back in the lower left corner. ReadyNAS 1000S/1100: the pinhole is in the front. ReadyNAS NV/NV+/Duo: the pinhole is next to the USB port in the back. Get a straightened paper clip and depress the hidden switch in the pinhole while the power is off, and then power on the ReadyNAS, keeping the switch depressed for about 30 secs. You will see the drive LEDs in the front blink once at about 5 secs and again at about 30 secs. Release the switch at the 2nd blink. There will be a 10-minute window where you can use RAIDar to change the RAID mode and/or select the snapshot reserved space. RAIDar will prompt with "Click Setup". If you do not click Setup, the install...

VMware KB: Installing VMware Update Manager 4.1 fails with the error: Error 25085 : "Installing VMware Update Manager 4.1 fails with the error: Error 25085 - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Chapter 38. The Samba Checklist : "Chapter 38. The Samba Checklist - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Ubuntu Bloke: HOWTO: SAMBA + LDAP on 10.04 Lucid : "- Sent using Google Toolbar" Looks like the blog this was on is no longer available so I'm putting the contents here. Wow, it has taken me weeks to get this to the point that it seems to be working. The official documentation is horribly broken, but I have finally got what i think is a working solution. I will probably need to tweak this guide as time goes on (see the end of the post for revision history) PLATFORM: * Ubuntu Server 10.04 LTS (Lucid) PREREQUISITES: * A standard vanilla Ubuntu 10.04 server install. * An NFS server exporting the users home directorys Network overview; * domain name: tuxnetworks.com * ldap -server 10.1.1.5 Install The Packages We want to install the OpenLDAP server daemon slapd and ldap -utils, a package containing LDAP management utilities. While we are at it we will also install samba related packages: sudo apt-get install slapd ldap -utils samba samba -doc libpam-smbpass smbclien...

VMware Communities: Troubleshooting Performance Related Problems in vSphere 4.1 Environments : "Troubleshooting Performance Related Problems in vSphere 4.1 Environments The troubleshooting guide for vSphere 4.0 can be found at: http://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-10352 - Sent using Google Toolbar"

[ubuntu] Where is add-apt-repository? - Ubuntu Forums : "Where is add-apt-repository? Interesting...try this: Code: sudo apt-get install --reinstall python-software-properties && sudo dpkg-reconfigure python-software-properties - Sent using Google Toolbar"

VMware KB: Installing VMware Converter 4.2 fails with the error: Error 29454 Setup failed to register VMware vCenter Converter extension : "Installing VMware Converter 4.2 fails with the error: Error 29454 Setup failed to register VMware vCenter Converter extension - Sent using Google Toolbar"

How to: Attach a Database (SQL Server Management Studio) SQL Server 2008 R2 Other Versions SQL Server "Denali" SQL Server 2008 SQL Server 2005 Attaching a database places it in exactly the same state that it was in when it was detached. This topic contains the following sections: Security Permissions Procedure (SQL Server Management Studio) Security File access permissions are set during a number of database operations, including detaching or attaching a database. For information about file permissions that are set whenever a database is detached and attached, see Securing Data and Log Files . We recommend that you do not attach or restore databases from unknown or untrusted sources. Such databases could contain malicious code th...

To detach a database In SQL Server Management Studio Object Explorer, connect to the instance of the SQL Server Database Engine and then expand the instance. Expand Databases , and select the name of the user database you want to detach. Detaching a database requires exclusive access to the database. If the database is in use, restrict access to a single user: Right-click the database name and point to Properties . In the Select a page pane , select Options . In the Other options pane, scroll down to the State options. Select the Restrict Access option, and in its drop-down list, select Single . Click OK. A message box appears to inform you that this action will close all connections to the database. To proceed, click OK. Right-click the database name, point to Tasks , and then click Detach . The Detach Database dialog box appears. The Databases to detach grid displays the name of the selected database in the Database Name column. Verify that this is the database you want to de...

Where can I find vmware vCenter converter in VMware vCenter 4? Unfortunately, unlike most other VMware feature the VMware vCenter Converter does not have any obvious shortcut in vCenter. To start vCenter converter in Virtual Center you will need to follow the below steps: Make sure you are in host & clusters view. Choose one of your hosts or clusters in vCenter From the top drop down menu choose one of the following paths depend on if you have chosen a host or cluster in step 2. Inventory ==> Host ==> Import Machine Inventory ==> Cluster ==> Import Machine The image below demonstrate the above steps: vmware vcenter converter how to start it - Virtualization Team : "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Pick up a liveCD, version doesn't matter, you could use any distro, as long as it ables you to enter to console. # means run with root or sudo 1. Create a mountpoint # mkdir /mount/point 2. Mount /proc /sys /dev to chroot # mount -o bind /proc /mount/point/proc # mount -o bind /dev /mount/point/dev # mount -o bind /dev/pts /mount/point/dev/pts # mount -o bind /sys /mount/point/sys 3. Copy resolv.conf to networking # cp /etc/resolv.conf /mount/point/etc/resolv.conf 4.Open bash in chroot # chroot /mount/point /bin/bash 5. Do what you have to do and then exit chroot exit there may be more elegant way of achieving this, but this one has stuck to me. Hope this helps someone, this is probably posted on multiple sites, but what the heck, now no need to search around ;) how to chroot, simple and fast [Archive] - Ubuntu Forums : "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

» Proxy Auto-Detect (IE and Firefox) -> Pavlov Scope : "- Sent using Google Toolbar" Recently, my organization had the need to provide web proxy service to internal users, while not clobbering hotel, home, remote office, coffee shoppe, etc. type access while users were roaming outside of our divisions’ walls. The purpose is to apply content filtering rules to outbound Web traffic based on our organization’s security policy (i.e. no external webmail, personal web storage sites, etc.). I did some research and testing on this side and have come up with a solution that seems to work well across the board for our clients. Using Internet Explorer’s capability to Automatically detect proxy server settings, IE uses the proxy when the proxy server is reachable, and connects directly when it is not. I have tested this with success (after a lot of initial troubles and debugging ;-) The components involved in the proposed and tested solution: Proxy Auto-configuration ...

If you nevertheless find it necessary to analyze the Squid stub log s, the first issue that will occupy your attention will probably be that everything in the Squid log appears to originate from the same address, 127.0.0.1 (“localhost” or “loopback”). This makes sense as in this environment all requests to Squid come from DansGuardian . You may desire to instead have the Squid log s point at the “real” originating IP rather than at DansGuardian . To do this, you'll need to both 1) have DansGuardian forward the information to Squid (which would otherwise not even have the information and so of course not be able to display it), and 2) have Squid include the information in its log s. To make 1) happen, set forwardedfor = on in dansguardian .conf. This will cause DansGuardian to add an X-Forwarded-For: header containing the IP address of the real originator to every web request it passes to Squid. To make 2) happen is different for different releases of S...

Obtaining Your pbuilder Build Environment : "Archive: stable Component: main Origin: pbuilder Label: pbuilder Architecture: i386 - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Secure File Transfer - FTP - Secure File Sharing - Online Storage - Web Storage | ShareFile : "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

Screencasting Software – ScreenFlow Demos – Telestream : "- Sent using Google Toolbar"

How to Remove a License Key on Microsoft Office 2007 | eHow.com : "How to Remove a License Key on Microsoft Office 2007 - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Cut or copy lines without counting the lines - Vim Tips Wiki : "If you ever need to cut/copy/delete/paste lines without knowing the actual number of lines, here is what you should do. 1. In normal mode, go to the beginning of the section that you want to yank. 2. Type mk to mark this spot as k. 3. Go to the end of the section you want to yank using whatever movement commands you like. 4. Type: y'k (, , k) To yank from the mark to the current location. 5. You can paste those lines wherever you want with p Similarly, d'k will cut/delte the lines from the current location to the mark. - Sent using Google Toolbar"

Failover with ISC DHCP : "failover peer 'dhcp-failover'; - Sent using Google Toolbar"

IBM Cluster information center : "- Sent using Google Toolbar" Setting up Linux DHCP server failover