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This howto article shows you how to add a new user and password combination to a .htaccess file, for use with the Apache web server. This assumes the Apache tools are installed (specifically the ‘htpasswd’ utility).
After making structure changes to a database table, you need to update any views that may be using those tables, otherwise the views may reference the wrong field, and cause all sorts of issues. The T-SQL script below will refresh all views on a database. Run this in a new query window in Microsoft SQL …
The PowerShell command below can be used to display a list containing the total size (in MB) of all the files and folders (recursively) in the current directory, and sort them by total size. ls -Force | Add-Member -Force -Passthru -Type ScriptProperty -Name Length -Value {ls $this -Recurse -Force | Measure -Sum Length | Select …
The PowerShell command below can be used to remove thumbs.db files from the current folder, and all sub folders. Make sure you change directory ‘cd’ into the folder you want the command to run from. Get-ChildItem -Path . -Include Thumbs.db -Recurse -Name -Force | Remove-Item -Force You can change the ‘-Include’ parameter to any wildcard …
HAProxy provides a number of methods for maintaining a record of which backend server should handle a specific connection. This is known as creating a ‘sticky’ connection (other terms for this are ‘connection persistence’ and ‘connection affinity’). HAProxy can use the source ip address, url hash, cookies, sessions (checks cookies and url parameter), headers, and …
If you have a web server running nginx that accepts both http and https connections, there may be times where you want to prevent anyone from accessing a specific page/url using a insecure http connection. For example, login or registration pages. You always want these to be secure if you can. Add the following into …
To reboot a Cisco 7940 / 7960 serial VOIP handset without unplugging the power brick (or the ethernet port when using PoE / Power Over Ethernet), you can press the following three button combination: [*] + [6] + [Settings] The “Headset” button light will light up briefly and then turn off, then the same thing …
To change any configuration options on a Cisco 7940 or 7960 series voip handset itself (not over tftp), you need to enter in a unlock config password. This may be needed if you want to set up the handset with a static IP address. To get to the unlock config screen, press the “Settings” button, …
Its usually a good idea to prevent users from being able to determine the version number of the web server software you are using. This helps prevent people from then going and looking for known vulnerabilities in that specific version, and attacking your site. When a HTTP response comes back to the web browser, it …
The Cisco 7940 and 7960 VOIP phones (possibly other models too) allow you to send a image file to the phone for it to display as the main logo while the phone is idle. Trixbox comes with a image file you can use by default, however it doesn’t automatically set up Cisco phones to use …