Previously, I mentioned that I was unable to remove the FAX= portion of the string produced by Cisco’s $s$ (or $d$) macro in a T.37 store and forward fax configuration. That’s still the case. I have found no way of doing this inside IOS. If it’s possible, I’ve overlooked it or it’s a hidden command. [...]

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I use screen for various purposes. It’s nice to be able to sit down at a different terminal and attach to my same session, for example. I also occasionally run some long-term commands that will blow up if my session is disconnected. The one thing I need to do with some regularity that I often [...]

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You stopped Agent Manager on your Lotus Domino 6.5 server when you meant to tell it to restart? I’ve done that. If you don’t know how to start it up again, finding that information can be pretty frustrating. Not to mention potentially embarrassing.
To get the Agent Manager running again, issue the following command at the [...]

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Thanks to a hard drive failure, I recently installed a fresh copy of Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) on my MacBook. I do a lot of work on remote systems and SSH is my bread and butter. Whenever I tried to SSH into other Macs on my local network, SSH would start up but take [...]

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One of the more underrated tools included with Microsoft Windows Server is Network Monitor. Network Monitor is a packet capture tool that allows network administrators to gain insight into what network traffic is being sent and received by the server. This data can be useful in diagnosing various network problems including broadcast storms, intrusion attempts, [...]

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