sysadmin
2014
Configure Public Key Authentication for SSH on Linux
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system-administration
tech
linux
pka
public-key-authentication
putty
ssh
sysadmin
technology
ubuntu
windows
Very recently, I acquired myself a cheap Linux based VPS for personal use.
Windows Server & System Center Technical Preview
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system-administration
tech
sysadmin
system-center
technology
windows
windows-10
windows-server
Hot on the heels of the Windows 10 Technical Preview release, Microsoft have now added the Windows Server and accompanying System Center Technical Preview for the masses.
Windows 9 is dead, long live Windows 10
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system-administration
tech
sysadmin
technology
windows
windows-10
windows-9
Yes that’s right folks, before Windows 9 could change your mind about the modern Windows it has been taken out the back and shot; Introducing Windows 10.
Windows 10 Technical Preview available now
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system-administration
tech
sysadmin
technology
windows-10
windows-9
windows-threshold
After all the huff and puff from yesterdays media event, Microsoft have kept their word and made the Windows 10 Technical Preview available to anyone willing.
Windows 8.1 WiFi fails to auto reconnect upon wake
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system-administration
tech
hibernate
power-management
sleep
sysadmin
technology
wake
windows-8
windows-8-1
wireless
I recently updating Windows and all the Lenovo software & drivers and have run into a very annoying issue.
Ping a set of hosts with Powershell
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system-administration
tech
ping
powershell
sysadmin
technology
test-connection
windows
You may find yourself one day having to ping a set of machines on a regular basis.
Reboot HP Printer via FTP
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system-administration
tech
ftp
hp
printers
sysadmin
technology
Look, I know, you just read the post title and thought “What in the blue hell was James on when he was writing this blog post” but please, hear me out.
Linux Foundation Certification
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system-administration
tech
centos
certification
debian
linux
opensuse
red-hat
suse
sysadmin
technology
ubuntu
During my quest to expand my knowledge on Linux thanks to edX course LFS101x Introduction to Linux, I happened upon the announcement from the Linux Foundation (who also run the edX course) that there is now two certification for Linux;
Piping Command Line output to clipboard
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system-administration
tech
cmd
command-prompt
pipe
sysadmin
technology
windows
Piping output of applications is nothing new to those in the profession of IT (especially the *nix administrators out there) but there was a feature added to Windows 7/Server 2008 R2 that doesn’t seem to be widespread.
Windows 8.1 Update 1 Publicly Released
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system-administration
tech
sysadmin
technology
windows-8-1
windows-server-2012-r2
As I blogged about earlier, Windows 8.