dns-o-matic on m0n0wall

Looking for a method of using OpenDNS with a dynamic IP address. I am using the DynDNS service however there is no method of linking this service to OpenDNS. OpenDNS has an additional service called DNS-O-Matic. DNS-O-Matic is a dynamic DNS service. The service supports dozens of other dynamic DNS services. All of which can be linked to your account. A list of the supported services can be found below.
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Linux Hardware Detection Tool Dmidecode

While searching for a quick method of checking a systems memory type, I stumbled upon the dmidecode tool. Dmidecode was able to pull all of the memory information from my motherboard. Including open memory slots and values of the occupied ones. Usage Usage: dmidecode [OPTIONS] Options are: -d, --dev-mem FILE Read memory from device FILE (default: /dev/mem) -h, --help Display this help text and exit -q, --quiet Less verbose output -s, --string KEYWORD Only display the value of the given DMI string -t, --type TYPE Only display the entries of given type -u, --dump Do not decode the entries --dump-bin FILE Dump the DMI data to a binary file --from-dump FILE Read the DMI data from a binary file -V, --version Display the version and exit dmidecode run without any options will dump everything it can determine from the Desktop Management Interface (dmi).
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Active directory Users and Computers on Windows 7

Download the Remote Server Administration Tools for Windows 7. Note: Windows 7 Professional or better. Install the software then run the follow commands to enable the AD Users & Computer snapin. dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:RemoteServerAdministrationTools dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-DS dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-DS-SnapIns I received an error when trying to install the snapin directly. c:\>dism /online /enable-feature /featurename:RemoteServerAdministrationTools-Roles-AD-DS-SnapIns Deployment Image Servicing and Management tool Version: 6.
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apt-get package management

apt-get is the package management utility behind Debian-based Linux systems Ubuntu, Mint and Mepis. A complete list of distributions based on Debian can be found on Distrowatch. Basic Package Management: apt-get update Used to resynchronize the package index files from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the location(s) specified in /etc/apt/sources.list. For example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the Packages.gz files, so that information about new and updated packages is available.
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Archlinux Kernel Repair

{%- include toc.html -%} So I managed to uninstall my kernel In an effort to get VMware Workstation running I needed to downgrade my kernel. I installed the new kernel and got everything setup. Sometime later the system reverted to the newer version. I already had the package exclusion IgnorePjg = linux, linux-headers in pacman.conf. So I decided to purge the newer kernel 3.16 from the system. After doing so, I reinstalled the downlevel kernel 3.
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