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Password Reset using OWA

We require our users to change their password periodically like most organizations.  I’m also sure like other organizations, our users typically ignore the warnings when logging in until they are no longer able to login.  As an added awareness, we have scripts that run daily and send emails to users who’s passwords are getting ready…

SQL SPNs and Authentication

Our SQL DBA was in the process of setting up a new SQL server and was having problem authenticating using his domain account.  He was able to login using the SA account though.  Everything he saw was pointing towards it being a problem with the SPNs for the new server.  We looked at the other…

Cisco 4431 – Debug Voice Commands

Here are some commands to debug voice calls on Cisco 4431 routers. show logging clear logging debug voip ccapi inout debug isdn q931 !! place test call undebug all show logging Check for active phone calls going through a voice gateway. show isdn status show voice call status

Domain Account Lock Out

We had an instance where a user changed positions and because of that change his group membership changed.  When his group membership changed he started getting messages about his account being locked out when trying to logon to the system.  We would unlock his account, but within a few minutes it would lock again.  We…

Exchange 2013 OWA – Blank Calendar

So I did some updates on our Exchange 2013 servers last week, and then started getting some complaints that people couldn’t see there calendar when the logged into OWA.  Once you logged into OWA and clicked the Calendar, it would load a blank calendar and not have any appointments showing (you also couldn’t see the…

Exchange 2013 ECP login – 500 error

We have an Exchange admin that when he attempted to login to ECP he would get a 500 error. The simple solution was to add a mailbox to his domain admin account. Once that was done he was able to login to ECP just fine. From reading the article belew, this might be an indication…

Install NRPE on Linux

1. Go to: https://library.nagios.com/library/products/nagiosxi/documentation/268-installing-the-xi-linux-agent 2. Download the latest linux nrpe agent. 3. Extract the agent using: tar xzvf linux-nrpe-agent.tar.gz 4. CD to linux-nrpe-agent 5. Type: ./fullinstall 6. Provide the IP address of your Nagios server. 7. Add the server to Nagios.

USB-to-Serial adapter for Mac

I have an older IO Gear USB-to-Serial adapter that I have used for a long time.   When I purchased it I was only using Windows laptops and never had a problem getting drivers and getting it to work.  When I switched to a MacBook Pro a couple of years ago, I was able to…