Sysadmins of the North

GNU/Linux

Convert decimal to hex in Bash, hexadecimal to decimal and dates to Unix timestamp

Cconvert decimal to hex hexadecimal to decimal and Unix timestamps in Linux Bash. A quicky for my archives.

ByJan Reilink
On06-11-2014

Windows Server

Remove IIS Server version HTTP Response Header

Windows Server IIS loves to tell the world that a website runs on IIS. It does so with the "Server:" header in the HTTP response, as shown below. In this post I'll show you how to remove HTTP response headers in Windows Server IIS. You don't want to give hackers too much information about your servers, right?.

ByJan Reilink
On06-07-2014

Turn Windows Features on or off, Internet Information Services selected

Windows Server

How to install the Web-WebSockets feature in IIS using PowerShell

Easily enable support for the WebSocket protocol on Windows Server IIS by installing the Web-WebSockets feature using PowerShell. Learn how to install WebSocket Protocol support in Windows Server IIS 8.0.

ByJan Reilink
On27-05-2014

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Codebase

Test SMTP authentication and StartTLS

Investigate SMTP authentication issues like a boss! When using TLS encrypted SMTP connections, it's always handy if you are able to create a SMTP logon credentials and test SMTP authentication over a TLS/StartTLS connection. Preferably from your command-prompt.

ByJan Reilink
On17-05-2014

News

Delete files recursively with ForFiles in Windows Server

The Forfiles command on Windows selects and executes a command on a file or set of files. Forfiles is ideal for batch processing through scripts, for instance on Windows Server systems. With Forfiles, you can run a command on or pass arguments to multiple files. For example, you could run the type or del command on all files in a tree with the .txt extension.

ByJan Reilink
On01-01-2014

Windows Server

“The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value”

The length of the URL for this request exceeds the configured maxUrlLength value is an IIS error telling you the length of the given URL exceeds a limit. The Windows Server IIS maximum URL length is defined by the HttpRuntimeSection.MaxUrlLength property. Its value is 260 characters. This may cause problems with longer URLs, and here is how to resolve this maxUrlLength issue.