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Is there any command to get the opportunity list of PowerShell version from PowerShell command prompt?

Is there any command (or command set) to get the opportunity list of PowerShell version from PowerShell command prompt? I've solved this question. It is possible to overview the newest features by command Get-Help about_Windows_PowerShell_5.0.
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ssh/VPN access from dynamic IPs / while travelling. knockd or dynDNS based authentication?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using knockd vs. using dynamic DNS based authentication for ssh or VPN logins from a dynamic IP address or while travelling (i.e. some random hotel IP)? Ideally, any device with ssh/VPN client capability…
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Complex Duel Developer GIT Implementation - Online Dev Environments

We are a web-based software company who currently has 2 developers and no version control system. We have decided to start using GIT and are looking for advice on implantation. We have a fairly complex setup making it difficult. Let me outline the…
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Is it possible to connect a Laptop to an Network via Internet?

Sorry for rather dumb question, but I seriously have no idea about this topic. There is a company network that allows each laptop to access the company server. I can access the network, when I am connected to the wifi of the router of the…
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Would running a certain script every minute via cron be detrimental to anything?

This gets run every minute: cd /var/www/html/[redacted] && find . -exec touch -a -m -t 200001010000.00 {} \; tac /log/[redacted] > /var/www/html/[redacted] chmod 775 -R /var/www/ chown www-data:webadmins -R /var/www/ exit 0 I feel like that's bad,…
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MYSQL ADMIN TASK

Can any one help me for the Mysql Administration Task, I want information that how to maintain Database Space, index, cache etc.. Information related to secure MYSQL. Thanks in advance!!!! Riddhi
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SCCM and listing clients with Spotify/Dropbox

I'm currently working for a project, where we are actively monitoring installed applications in our Windows environment (We have lot's of Windows 7 Workstations + SCCM 2012) We are currently struggling to keep track of Spotify, Dropbox and all of…
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Getting the system information in shared hosting for the particular website only

I have a client who gave me the FTP credentials server to upload the web files to the public_html folder and a pre-existing MySQL database to dump the tables of the website, only, without complete information of the server, as I know the server host…
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in Linux (RedHat) how do I lock an account and display admin message?

I am having trouble with people on my system using the maintenance account logging in and performing stuff that slows my machine down. How do I lock this account and when someone tried to log in using it, it will display a system message or admin…
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how to low-level format a hard disk using AIX?

I have a server with AIX 6.1 , I formated some hdisks using diag tool, but in some way some of its VGDA survived. how may I low-level format a hard disk using AIX? or how may I clear the VGDA of a specific hdisk? thanks
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EventLog and powershell

I`ve a script that triggers when new account is created (OnEvent 4720). I takes the data from the Event and pass it as a parameter to a powershell script. The problem is some names have a apostrophe and are not passed as a parameter.…
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Python PWD Module for Ruby

Does anyone know if this exists? If not, does anyone know why? python's pwd module - https://docs.python.org/2/library/pwd.html
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Hiera, default site.pp and error could not find class

I have a server who was running puppet and hiera and, for the moment, 1 client. I want to manage all my nodes with hiera config files so I only put this in /etc/puppet/manifests/site.pp : hiera_include(classes, '') In my file…
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Configure email server and receive email from internet like gmail/hotmailetc

I want to configure own email server. I have windows server 2008 R2 OS (subscribed from one VPS provider). My requirement is as below: 1. Create new email addresses as and when required with @mydomain.com 2. Receive emails on these new Email address…
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Centos VM vs Centos "real" machine yum package differences

I have two CentOS platforms. Both run "CentOS release 5.10 (Final)". One is a "real" machine and the other is a VM. Both are 64 bit. Call the real machine Prod and the VM Spare. When I got this gig I was told that the two machines were…
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