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Outlook fails to login or retrieve emails after a server move. This is due to the SSL certificate on the new server confusing Outlook. This is especially important when the mail server name used in Outlook doesn’t change during the move. The solution is to reset or regenerate the email services certificates on the new [...]

August 24, 2009 • Tags: , , • Posted in: Break-Fix • No Comments

strace is a command line program that runs from one of the Linux shells. A shell is another program that allows a system administrator to interact with a Linux operating system – for example to run strace. The strace utility is the crudest form of trouble shooting in Linux. It essentially hijacks the target program [...]

In a perfect world, no one would need such a hack to clean up infected files. But as it is today, so much poorly-written software finds its way into people’s hands and Websites. All it takes is to fall behind by one minor release or sometimes a rare vulnerability to find yourself in hot water. [...]

April 16, 2009 • Posted in: Break-Fix • 2 Comments

If you attempt to store a file larger than roughly 5GB, the Amazon service will generate the following error and fail to store the file: <Error><Code>EntityTooLarge</Code><Message>Your proposed upload exceeds the maximum allowed object size</Message><ProposedSize>6091682399</ProposedSize><MaxSizeAllowed>5368709120</MaxSizeAllowed></Error> One way around this limitation is use the GNU/Linux command split to divide the file into several smaller chunks, which are [...]

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