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- Customize the Joe text editor
- The Linux text editor Joe has easy-to-remember keystrokes and allows you to customize it to suit your needs. Vincent Danen tells you how to tweak the configuration file to create keybindings and map your favorite commands. by Vincent Danen
- Tags: Text Editor, Command, Joe, Vincent Danen, Keystroke, Ctrl, F-keys, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Understand the levels of privilege in the Cisco IOS
- The Cisco IOS actually offers 16 different privilege levels. David Davis discusses these different levels and introduces you to the main commands you'll need to configure these privileges. by David Davis
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Password, Router, Command, Cisco Systems Inc., Exec, David Davis, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-06-20
- 10 commands you should master when working with the Cisco IOS
- Becoming proficient with the Cisco IOS means learning some essential commands. This quick reference describes 10 commands you'll need to rely on when handling various configuration and troubleshooting tasks. by David Davis
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Router, Command, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, David Davis
- Blog posts 2008-06-13
- Troubleshoot Cisco routers and switches using the debug commands
- David Davis shows you how to get to the bottom of router and switch issues with Cisco's debug commands. Debug can give you a lot of detailed troubleshooting information, but watch out for the debug mistakes that can seriously affect your network. by David Davis
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Cisco Router, Router, Command, Cisco Systems Inc., Debug, Router#, Debug Statement, David Davis, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking
- Blog posts 2008-06-12
- Delegate privileges to users with sudo
- One of my favourite tools is sudo, a program that many users will be familiar with. Both Ubuntu and OS X popularized sudo by making efficient and default use of the program. Sudo allows regular users to perform commands as other users. Some lax defaults, such as...
- Tags: QA, Command, Sudo, Vincent Danen
- Blog posts 2008-06-02
- Use the Cisco IOS archive command to archive your router's configuration
- Do you want to create archives of your configuration before every configuration change is made? What was the difference between the configuration you saved last year and the one you saved today? The archive command can help you answer these questions and more. Check it out. What is the...
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Router, Command, Backup, Configuration, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, David Davis
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- The Choice command is back in Windows Vista
- While I use VBScript and Windows Scripting Host quite a bit, I've always been a big fan of batch files! There are just so many system administration tasks that you can accomplish using command line tools and I love being able to combine them in a batch file. Over the...
- Tags: Command, Microsoft Windows Vista, Choice, Value, IPConfig, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Tcp/Ip, Software, Networking, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Quick change trick displays optional All items
- The File menu in most Office applications offers a Save and Close command. They're self-explanatory and you probably use them often. What you might not know is that most of the Office applications also offer Save All and Close All commands. They're just not on the default File menu. ...
- Tags: Menu, Command, Save, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Excel, Office Suites, Software, Susan Harkins
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Can botnets be beaten?
- This week, Georgia Tech unveiled BotSniffer, a prototype system designed to detect and disable botnets. Using traffic analysis the BotSniffer tries to identify botnet members by looking for command and control channels.Apparently the BotSniffer detector has been built as an independent plug-in for the popular open source intrusion detection system...
- Tags: Network, Command, Instruction, Bot, Analysis, BotSniffer, Networking, Justin Fielding
- Blog posts 2008-02-19
- 10 cool things you can do with Windows PowerShell
- If PowerShell's learning curve has kept you from embracing it for daily use, "cool" might not be a word you'd associate with it. But PowerShell is here to stay. It's a core part of Exchange 2007, Windows Server 2008, and SQL Server 2008, and it has immense power we all...
- Tags: Command, Microsoft Windows PowerShell, Microsoft Windows, Ctrl, EasyView, C/C++, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Rick Vanover
- Blog posts 2008-02-06
- Run remote commands on a Cisco router from your PC
- Can you go to a Windows command prompt and run a command on your router? Usually, you would have to Telnet or SSH to the router first to run the command, right? While this approach works, you can also run router commands without leaving the Windows command...
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Cisco Router, Router, PC, Command, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Microsoft Windows, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, David Davis
- Blog posts 2008-01-16
- SolutionBase: Installing and configuring Network Access Control with PacketFence
- PacketFence is the next big thing with network security and open source. Jack Wallen shows you how to run this installation completely by command line. PacketFence is the open source community's answer to NAC. Being a solid supporter of the open source community, I knew this was going...
- Tags: PacketFence, Ubuntu, Password, Network, MySQL, Installation, Command, Apache Software Foundation, Server, News, Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-12-20
- SolutionBase: Use PacketFence to stop unwanted network traffic
- Looking for a system that blocks illegal downloads without breaking your IT budget? Jack Wallen introduces PacketFence, an open-source network access control NAC system. How many times have you administered a network only to find certain users installing and using forbidden applications such as LimeWire or Gnutella?...
- Tags: PacketFence, LimeWire, Database, Network, Command, Section, User, Storage, Networking, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jack Wallen
- Technical articles 2007-12-18
- Five Cisco IOS tips to make you more efficient
- Over the years, I've offered a ton of Cisco IOS tips and tricks in the Cisco Routers and Switches newsletter. However, some of the best tips are too short to support a full-length article. This week, I want to share five quick tips for using the Cisco IOS that will...
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Router, Command, Open Shortest Path First, IP, Cisco Systems Inc., Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, David Davis
- Blog posts 2007-11-15
- Start using Vista's hidden Copy To Folder and Move To Folder commands
- Last week, I described how to use and customize Vista's SendTo command to make your file management tasks easier. While you can easily add any destination you want to the SendTo menu, there is one feature missing: the ability to send to any folder you want on the fly. If...
- Tags: Folder, Command, Microsoft Windows Vista, Dialog Box, Copy, Move, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2007-11-01
- Customize the SendTo command in Vista
- If you don't use the SendTo command in your day-to-day file management operations, you're missing out on one of Vista's handiest file management tools. The SendTo command provides you with a fully customizable, easy way to quickly route files to various locations. In this edition of the Windows Vista Report,...
- Tags: Folder, Menu, Destination, Command, Microsoft Windows Vista, File, SendTo, Fax Recipient, DVD-RW Drive, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Greg Shultz
- Blog posts 2007-10-18
- Upgrade your Cisco 2950 switch in four steps
- A few years ago, I wrote "Cisco administration 101: Upgrading routers and switches." In the article, I reviewed the basics of router and switch upgrades. That article focused primarily on upgrading routers. This week, I want to discuss what you specifically need to know to upgrade a...
- Tags: Cisco IOS, Upgrade, Command, Switch, Cisco Systems Inc., David Davis
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Customize the Word 2007 Ribbon with these quick tips
- If the Word 2007 Ribbon is taking up too much space on your desktop and you'd rather have one toolbar displaying only the most frequently used commands, you can set up Word 2007 to do just that.First, to hide the Ribbon, when you open Word, press [Ctrl][F1] or double-click the...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Toolbar, Command, Microsoft Word 2007, Mary Ann Richardson
- Blog posts 2007-08-14
- 10 ways you can tweak Word 2007 to fit your working style
- This information is also available as a PDF download.The latest version of Word provides a number of ways to tailor the program so that it fits your style of doing things. Here's a look at 10 techniques for customizing the look, feel, and function of Word 2007.#1: Hide the RibbonThe...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Command, Microsoft Word 2007, Microsoft Corp., Katherine Murray
- Blog posts 2007-06-11
- Get a better grasp of Cisco commands with the Output Interpreter
- Have you ever entered a Cisco command and been completely overwhelmed by its output? Some commands can return dozens of pages of output, and it's easy to feel like it's in a foreign language. David Davis tells you how Cisco's Output Interpreter acts as your translator in the language of...
- Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Output Interpreter, PRODUCTIVITY, Figure B, David Davis CCIE, MCSE+I, SCSA, tool, Cisco IOS, Cisco Routers and Management Newsletter, Router, Output, Command, Cisco Output Interpreter, David Davis, Routers & Switches, Networking
- Technical articles 2007-05-24
