My posts tagged with "SysAdmin"

Apr 11, 2013

Today I noticed we were getting an increasing amount of spam on one of our form pages. I was curious to see if all of the user IP addresses were the same (in which case I’d just add them to … Read more »

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Feb 01, 2013

Installing Windows 2012 Server Core plus IIS8 isn’t as hard as you might think. At least it isn’t as hard as I thought! Server Core can be intimidating to long-time Windows users who expect to see the comfortable familiarity...

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Jan 08, 2013

Microsoft’s IIS SMTP service won’t log usernames even when SMTP-AUTH is enabled and clients are all authenticating. So, what happens if someone starts abusing the SMTP service (or you perhaps have a runaway process...

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Nov 30, 2012

A client was getting errors when using PUT/POST/DELETE verbs on their web application recently. The errors he was seeing were: After some troubleshooting the error was isolated to the fact that WebDav was installed on the server...

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Aug 31, 2012

Performing application installs on a server that does not have internet connectivity used to be a difficult thing to do. You had to locate and download not only the main application, but any dependencies that would be needed to...

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Aug 29, 2012

Another great post by Terri over at OrcsWeb that I think you’ll find beneficial. Here’s a brief intro and a link to the full post… Microsoft has released a new module for IIS 7.5 which provides the ability to...

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Aug 04, 2012

A guest post by Rick Barber – a senior technical lead over at managed Windows host OrcsWeb: At OrcsWeb we recently came across an issue where a user was having performance issues with a bare-bones Orchard installation on...

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Jul 30, 2012

Did you know Log Parser could not only query IIS logs but also Event Viewer logs and more? If not, check out this post… Hi Everyone! While I primarily enjoy deep-diving into SQL Server techniques and troubleshooting, I also...

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Jul 26, 2012

What is FTP user isolation and how can it help your FTP management headaches? Read on… http://www.orcsweb.com/blog/terri/how-to-set-up-ftp-access-for-multiple-users-with-user-isolation/ Happy Hosting!

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Jul 23, 2012

Here’s a good post about using a URL ReWrite Map to manage redirects for your site. Anyone who has set up 301 redirects for their site (which should be anyone who has ever renamed a page or moved content) knows … Read...

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Jul 20, 2012

Here’s a great post by Jamie at OrcsWeb about setting up custom error pages in IIS7: This blog post will explain how to configure custom error pages in IIS (Internet Information Server). For this example we will be using...

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Jun 12, 2012

Troubleshooting ARR (Microsoft’s Application Request Routing solution) can be tricky at times. Here’s a great post by Jeff Graves from OrcsWeb with some tips on tracking down issues – specifically the especially...

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