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Starting (and Stopping) VNC Viewer Access for Mac OSX From CLI

To start VNC viewer access you would need to execute: sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -activate -configure -access -on -clientopts -setvnclegacy -vnclegacy yes -clientopts -setvncpw -vncpw mypasswd -restart -agent -privs -all To stop VNC viewer access you would need to execute: sudo /System/Library/CoreServices/RemoteManagement/ARDAgent.app/Contents/Resources/kickstart -deactivate -configure -access -off Both of these commands can be accessed from the terminal window. […]

Sun iLom Reset System from CLi

Log into iLom interface: ssh [user]@[iLom ip address or hostname] Reset System: reset /SYS Now just wait for the system to reboot…. Source: http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19569-01/820-1188-12/core_ilom_appa.html

Forwarding Internal Mail on a Linux System

As a linux administrator I utilize cron jobs whenever possible to automate periodic tasks. This is a great tool to handle backups, data pulls, etc but I don’t like that the results of these jobs are locked up in the local account of my system. Luckily, there is an easy way to handle forwarding these […]

MySQL WorkBench 6.0 Issue Logging Into Database Server

Recently I upgraded to Workbench 6.0 and everything was working fine until I tried to log into an old database server that I manage.  The interface kept returning the following error: Connection using old (pre-4.1.1) authentication protocol refused (client option ‘secure_auth’ enabled)

Olympus VN-480PC Digital Voice Recorder on Ubuntu 12.4

The other day I found an old Olympus VN-480PC Digital Voice Recorder and thought that it could be useful.  The first thing I did was put some new batteries in it and connect it to my desktop (running Ubuntu 12.4).  Nothing…!  A quick Google and I found this page and installed the software from the odvr […]

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