New Application Types for MS Word
Have you ever wondered why the new Microsoft 2007 Word file type (.docx) can not be downloaded directly from your Apache server? Well, the answer is because it doesn’t recognize what kind of application type it is, therefore it can’t send the correct header information to your browser. Fortunately, the fix for this is rather [...]
SugarCRM Backup Scheme
This SugarCRM backup scheme (tested on v5.2) was developed with help from several online tutorials. The concept is to generate daily and weekly file backups of the SugarCRM file structure, excluding the upload directory which contained too many email attachments (mostly spam) at the time. These shell scripts assume your SugarCRM install is located at [...]
XCopy and Robocopy Backup to the rescue?
“Robocopy to the rescue?” Recently I’ve been dabbling into the world of System Administration. As most people already know, this is a rather large world of next to useless information that only System Administrators can truly admire. For the rest of us, it’s a major pain in the you know what. System Administration by itself, [...]
Reset the MySQL root password.
A little while ago I inherited an old Plesk server at my workplace. Of course, nobody knew the root password. So, I had to call the hosting company who housed our dedicated server and get the root password for the box. Unfortunately, nobody knew what the MySQL root password was either. Luckily I discovered there [...]
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