It’s not built into Windows, but it’s in the Resource Kit Tools as COMPRESS, C:\>compress /? Syntax: COMPRESS [-R] [-D] [-S] [ -Z | -ZX ] Source Destination COMPRESS -R [-D] [-S] [ -Z | -ZX ] Source [Destination] Description: Compresses one or more files. Parameter List: -R Rename compressed files. -D Update compressed files … Read more
I found a hiddem gem the other day from Microsoft that is designed for testing ports: Portqry.exe “Portqry.exe is a command-line utility that you can use to help troubleshoot TCP/IP connectivity issues. Portqry.exe runs on Windows 2000-based computers, on Windows XP-based computers, and on Windows Server 2003-based computers. The utility reports the port status of … Read more
In short: yes. # ssh 192.168.1.1 -l “myuser mypassword” ^C # egrep “mypassword” /var/log/auth.log Oct 19 14:33:58 host sshd[19787]: Invalid user myuser mypassword from 192.168.111.78 Oct 19 14:33:58 host sshd[19787]: Failed none for invalid user myuser mypassword from 192.168.111.78 port 53030 ssh2
Remote Desktop requires TCP port 3389 to be open. Also, opening UDP port 3389 enables acceleration since RDP 8.0. It is possible to change the port used by the terminal server (or PC which is accessed), see this Microsoft support article: How to change the listening port for Remote Desktop. The UDP port for accelerated … Read more
Figured it out myself. Because Powershell works with .net objects rather than text, you need to use get-content to expose the contents of the text files. So to perform what I was trying to do in the question, use: compare-object (get-content one.txt) (get-content two.txt)
No, Windows command prompt history can’t be saved when a session ends.
What is Active Directory? Active Directory Domain Services is Microsoft’s Directory Server. It provides authentication and authorization mechanisms as well as a framework within which other related services can be deployed (AD Certificate Services, AD Federated Services, etc). It is an LDAP compliant database that contains objects. The most commonly used objects are users, computers, … Read more
try dsget group “CN=GroupName,DC=domain,DC=name,DC=com” -members
This can also be done via an elevated command prompt using the sc command. The syntax is: sc config [service name] depend= <Dependencies(separated by / (forward slash))> Note: There is a space after the equals sign, and there is not one before it. Warning: depend= parameter will overwrite existing dependencies list, not append. So for … Read more
You could run it silently using a Windows Script file instead. The Run Method allows you running a script in invisible mode. Create a .vbs file like this one Dim WinScriptHost Set WinScriptHost = CreateObject(“WScript.Shell”) WinScriptHost.Run Chr(34) & “C:\Scheduled Jobs\mybat.bat” & Chr(34), 0 Set WinScriptHost = Nothing and schedule it. The second argument in this … Read more