takizo, not takezo

find out what is the capability of an network interface, e.g. :

ifconfig -m vr0

configure / set media types of a NIC, e.g :

ifconfig vr0 media 100baseTX
ifconfig vr0 media autoselect

configure / set network time server :

net time /setsntp:0.pool.ntp.org

start the network time services :

net stop w32time

net start w32time

check whether network time is in sync :

net time /querysntp

By default, windows 2k server does not activate this function. Do this to activate it :

• start regedit
• goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMicrosoftCommand Processor
• change the keyword “CompletionChar” from 64 to 9
• close all command line window and start and new window

Voila!

problem :

using backticks in bash for mysql statements. e.g. :

mysql -u username -h host -e “GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES ON `somedatabase`.* TO ‘someuser’@'somehost’;” -p<password with no space after parameter>

would get an error :

./scriptname: line 5: somedatabase: command not found

solution :

escape () the backticks ” ` ” surround “somedatabase”

mysql -u username -h host -e “GRANT SELECT, LOCK TABLES ON `somedatabase`.* TO ‘someuser’@'somehost’;” -p<password with no space after parameter>

problem :

For some reason, starting up vim pops up an error at the bottom :

E575: viminfo: Illegal starting char in line: d^^F
Press ENTER or type command to continue

solution :

delete the contents in ~/.viminfo

Voila !!!