It is likely obvious, but as I know that some people are searching for this information, creating administrative users in this way can be done very easily from remote command lines such as ScreenConnect, ConnectWise, MeshCentral, and so forth.

@black3dynamite said in Windows Server 2019 Need to Download and Run without AV Deleting Files: https://www.thomasmaurer.ch/2016/07/how-to-disable-and-configure-windows-defender-on-windows-server-2016-using-powershell/ For now, just temporary disable Real-Time Protection via PowerShell Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $true Download the executable and scan it manually before you install Start-MpScan -ScanPath C:\datastore\file.exe -ScanType QuickScan Enable Real-Time Protection after the install Set-MpPreference -DisableRealtimeMonitoring $false Excellent, now THAT did it.

Worth noting that using rsync worked very well, but there were issues with the Outlook profile on the existing user workstation and the end result. Not a huge issue for us as everything is stored in O365, but worth being mindful of if your email was hosted locally. Also because of username convention changes, I had to set the ownership of the user profile to match the new shortened name.

@pmoncho said in Get Windows Version from Command Line: No doubt. Currently working on getting Server 2019 DC, DHCP, and RDS working in a lab. A few challenges so far. Was going to try using PS to do many tasks I normally do in GUI (force myself to learn as I go) but decided to put it on the back burner due to frustration. I will get there with PS but it has to wait. Unfortunately, no matter how much we want to complain about PS and how Windows has no production-level roadmap at this point and is getting worse by the day, if you are going to run Windows today, PS is how it is done. Issues with PS have only one valid purpose to discuss - to use to explain to management why Windows shouldn't be getting deployed in production workloads, or why risks with it need to be accepted. It's like the licensing issues with Windows, these things all add up to cost and risk and risk is really just cost. It's part of the "decision numbers." Beyond that, it is what it is. If the business actually knows how costly it is and still chooses it, then PS is how you manage it. If you deploy and start without using PS, it'll be that much harder to switch later. I know the learning curve is absurd and the whole thing is so much harder than it has any purpose being, but I would bite the bullet if at all possible and learn it now. It'll just be harder later.

Topic has been forked, please keep discussions of OS comparisons to a different thread.

I can't think of a way aside from cron every X seconds. I'd dump it into a csv file with just the timestamp and the number of calls. E.g. #!/bin/sh if [ ! -f /var/log/activecalls.csv ]; then echo "Timestamp,Calls" > /var/log/activecalls.csv fi DateTime=`date "+%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S"` echo -ne "\n$DateTime," >> /var/log/activecalls.csv asterisk -x 'core show channels' | grep 'active calls' | cut -d " " -f1 Which SHOULD create a nice csv for you...

@DustinB3403 said in OSX Power Saving Settings: @black3dynamite said in OSX Power Saving Settings: Does that also prevent it from sleeping when the lid is closed? The lid closed is powernap

So with further testing, a restart is required if the user is using their system, otherwise they'll continue to get the notifications.

@bnrstnr said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI: @JaredBusch said in Upgrading Nextcloud via CLI: If you change the entire folder to HTTPD_RW it will work without disabling things. Ah yeah, probably this. SELinux is a complete mystery to me ls -lashZ /var/www/html Will show you the context on your Nextcloud folder. Technically, just the Z is for the context

You might look at the tools that Apple is pushing (and thus supporting). I don't know if Munki will fit your requirements, but it may. Here is a list of several projects for managing macOS: https://simplemdm.com/2018/07/19/popular-open-source-tools-for-mac-admins/. NoMAD is pretty cool if you're in a Windows-centric environment.

Via the ActiveDir list: https://github.com/CarlWebster There are some amazing scripts in there for ADDS but also for XenApp, NetScaler, Citrix, and others. Site: https://carlwebster.com/downloads/download-info/active-directory-2/

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@ramblingbiped said in Check battery status in Linux: I recommend this: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-battery Will have to give it a look. Thanks

@scottalanmiller said in Linux Find command: @dustinb3403 said in Linux Find command: Hrm. . . One more thing, would it be possible to print the last access date to this some how? Possible, yes. Easy. No since the find command never shows that. Would there be a better approach? I'm trying to create a list of things to make people clean up their crap, and I can show them "hey this hasn't been access in X years. . . delete it or I will"

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And easy enough to resolve once I look. @EddieJennings you should have reminded me to look more earlier.. /etc/sudoers has it commented out. ## Allows people in group wheel to run all commands # %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL ## Same thing without a password # %wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Odds are you can create a new VM, and simply attach the disks to the VM (in the correct order) and be back up and running.

I found the process I had used previously. Here it is here. Summarized below. Make sure the VM in question is shutdown. From the console xe vm-shutdown uuid=<UUID of Your VM> xe vbd-list vm-uuid=<UUID of Your VM> params=uuid,type xe vbd-destroy uuid=<UUID of Your CD/DVD> Of critical importance do not select Disk, ensure you select the UUID of the cd Repeat step 4 as many times as you have CD's that are unusable. Reboot the VM and add the device again.

@nadnerB said: It appears that you are running this via powershell and not cmd. Is that correct? (Just thought I'd double check) Yes via CMD

@thecreativeone91 said: @thanksajdotcom said: @scottalanmiller said: Is the bottom portion always the same length in lines? If so, the tail command will do it. Id have to confirm but pretty sure. How do you tail 16 lines? Tail -16 /location/of/log.log That did it. Perfect! Thanks!

@scottalanmiller said: Did you remember to do.... apt-get update && apt-get upgrade && reboot Before trying the distro update? Apt-get upgrade didn't find the update, and I have run apt-get update. It's not seeing it for some reason...

Did you watch the video? Looks really neat.

@scottalanmiller That is very cool!