Ubuntu Login/Enable Root user – on Normal Ubuntu and on AWS Amazon EC2 Top section is for regular Ubuntu installs. Bottom section is for EC2 installs. Ubuntu Login as Root (regular UbuntuRead More…
How fast do DNS enteries apply? For new DNS enteries, you can see the effect immediately (and sometimes not). test.infotinks.com which was a cname change to www.google.com (so everytime i went toRead More…
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WINDOWS SERVICES DELETE Going to services.msc shows a list of all started and stopped services in windows. But you cant really delete them from there, you can only stop them or startRead More…
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Read this pdf: http://www.infotinks.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/DIGI-CM-32-serial-console-server.pdf