Posts Tagged ‘Utils’

Scan a subnet for active IPs

With NMap it is quite easy to scan a subnet for active IPs. $ nmap -sP 192.168.10.0/24

Install and setup Minicom

Minicom is the hyperterminal for Linux. Minicom is by default not installed. Install Minicom with the following command sudo apt-get install minicom Find your serial port dmesg | grep tty $ dmesg | grep tty [    0.001251] console [tty0] enabled [   72.953237] usb 6-1: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0 I use a USB serial [...]

VirtualCenter Passthrough Authentication

Tired of login in into the Virtual Center Client?  Try this… A very useful, yet very undocumented feature of the Virtual Infrastructure Client is that it can be configured to automatically pass your Active Directory credentials without you typing them in. To use: create a shortcut to the Virtual Infrastructure Client, then right-click on it [...]

Tightvnc and Ctrl-Alt-Delete

I used Tightvnc today but didn’t remember how to send Ctrl-Alt-Delete to the server. It was easy. Just hit F8 and click on Ctrl-Alt-Delete in the pop-up.

Install OpenOffice 3.2 in Ubuntu 9.10

Download OpenOffice 3.2 in you desired lanquage from http://download.openoffice.org/other.html#tested-full Extract the OOo_3.2.0_LinuxIntel_install_nl_deb.tar.gz Open Terminal and remove OpenOffice 3.1 completely with this command sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.* Install OpenOffice with this command sudo dpkg -i Download/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_nl.9483/DEBS/*.deb Integrate OpenOffice 3.2 in your desktop sudo dpkg -i Downloads/OOO320_m12_native_packed-1_nl.9483/DEBS/desktop-integration/openoffice.org3.2-debian-menus_3.2-9472_all.deb OpenOffice 3.2 is now available in your Ubuntu menu. Source [...]

VMware Health Check Report v0.9.4

This script generates a health check report of all attributes pertaining to a single ESX/ESXi 3.x+ host or VMware vCenter and its managed entities (i.e. clusters and individual ESX/ESXi 3.x+ hosts). The generated report is based off of some earlier Powershell script work created by Ivo Beerens/Duncan Eppping. I was primarily motivated on this project [...]

Synergy +

Synergy+ (synergy-plus) lets you easily share a single mouse and keyboard between multiple computers with different operating systems, without special hardware. All you need is a LAN connection. It’s intended for users with multiple computers, where each system uses its own display. It’s a little like having a 2nd or a 3rd desktop… Main features [...]

Angry IP Scanner

Angry IP Scanner (or simply ipscan) is an open-source and cross-platform network scanner designed to be fast and simple to use. It scans IP addresses and ports as well as has many other features. It is widely used by network administrators and just curious users around the world, including large and small enterprises, banks, and [...]

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