SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
CygWin - X on Windows
Summary: How to get X on your windows pc, using cygwin.
Date: Around 2009
Refactor: 3 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Export and Import Custom Attributes in vCenter
Summary: When going from one vCenter to another it would be nice if you could just export all of your custom attributes to a csv file and then import them again! Powershell makes it happen again.
Date: Around 2013
Refactor: 21 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Note that you don't have to manually create the custom attributes when you import them, they will be created automatically.
AD LDAP For Linux
Summary: How to use AD 2008 as a central authentication repository for a Suse Linux box.
Date: Around 2015
Refactor: 20 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.
The goal in this article is to enable Linux (SLES 11 SP1) boxes to use the Active Directory (2008) as the central directory for authentication.
Cron
Summary: Cron information and examples.
Date: Around 2013
Refactor: 21 February 2025: Checked links and formatting.