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On Windows and Linux, it is simple to set up one’s workstation to have the screen locked when one steps away from the console. On the Mac however, there is no explicit way to achieve that. The following site has some good pointers: Quickly lock your screen One of the best methods from the article […]
The original of this HOWTO was here: OpenBSD – PIX ISAKMP VPN Setting up an ISAKMP VPN tunnel between OpenBSD 4.5 and Cisco Pix Configuration: Site A: OpenBSD 4.5 Internal Network: 192.168.0.0/24 External IP: 1.1.1.1 Site B: Cisco Pix 6.1 Internal Network: 10.0.0.0/8 External IP: 2.2.2.2 VPN parameters: Shared Secret: theSecret Encryption Algorith: 3DES Hash […]
Stopping and starting a Domino Server’s SMTP service Domino Server Settings After updating mail routing settings on a Domino Server, typically the SMTP service needs to be restarted. The best way to do this operation is from the Domino Server Console. Domino Server SMTP start From the Admin UI: Click the Server – Status tab […]
Summary The AIX NIM server allows a very flexible automated installation process to deploy hundreds or AIX nodes as well as LPARs in a matter of hours. It is possible to achieve similar results using the RHEL kickstart system. This article is about a way of automating the RHEL 5 deployment directly from AIX 6.1 […]
Synopsis After changing the name of the host on which DB2 9.7 is running, the following error message is received when trying to start the database: 09/28/2009 02:32:50 0 0 SQL6048N A communication error occurred during START or STOP DATABASE MANAGER processing. SQL1032N No start database manager command was issued. SQLSTATE=57019 Solution For each database […]
Our secure email gives you the confidence to communicate freely with anyone in your organization using email in or out of the office network. If you’re using an email client, like Outlook, we encrypt any information transfer using SSL/TLS. If you’re using Webmail your session is encrypted with HTTPS.
The SPAM and AntiVirus filters are updated continuously real-time by Postini, as email flows through the system. If you are using the complimentary SPAM filter with Ensim, your SPAM filtering rules are also updated continuously.
If you are familiar with Linux and Solaris where the logs are typically in /var/log/messages and /var/adm/messages, looking for the logs on an AIX system might be frustrating at first. The usual file locations are empty or non existent. By default the logs are actually in /var/adm/ras You can change that behavior by configuring syslog.conf. […]
MySQL allows to select a different king of engine on a per table basis at creation time of each table. Each engine has its advantages and caveats. Here is a brief summary: MyISAM: fastest disk based, least space requirement, non-transactional, slow crash recovery InnoDB: slowest engine, transactional, fastest crash recovery HEAP:fastest overall engine, limited by […]