Set Default Printer.vbs

strComputer = "." Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2") Set colPrinters = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * From Win32_Printer") For Each objPrinter in colPrinters rem MsgBox objPrinter.Name If not InStr(1,objPrinter.Name, "pdf",vbTextCompare) = 0 Then rem MsgBox "Default Printer set" objPrinter.SetDefaultPrinter end if Next

NGINX Debian Install

Prerequisites apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install build-essential psmisc python-dev libxml2 libxml2-dev python-setuptools Download and Compile uwsgi cd /opt/ wget LATEST_UWSGI tar -zxvf LATEST_UWSGI mv uwsgi-0.9.6.5/ uwsgi/ cd uwsgi/ python setup.py install Download and Compile nginx cd /opt/ wget LATEST NGINS tar -zxvf nginx-1.0.4.tar.gz cd /opt/nginx-1.0.4/ ./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx --user=nginx --group=nginx --with-http_ssl_module --with-ipv6 make make install adduser --system --no-create-home --disabled-login --disabled-password --group nginx wget -O init-deb.sh http://library.linode.com/assets/658-init-deb.sh mv init-deb.sh /etc/init.d/nginx chmod +x /etc/init.d/nginx /usr/sbin/update-rc.d -f nginx defaults

Printer Setup for Windows (SAMBA)

Setting up printers for Windows is really easy. Forget about cups, foomatic, and any filters. Windows wants raw anyway. Here's how: Here are the steps I took:

Install Samba

Add Samba by doing a "pkg_add -r samba-3"

Autorun Samba and LPD

Edit /etc/rc.conf add:

samba_enable="YES"

lpd_enable="YES"

You may also want to run "/etc/rc.d/lpd start" and "/usr/local/etc/rc.d/samba start" to get things running without a reboot

Edit /etc/printcap

the printcap format is

PRINTER NAME: followed by a bunch of options separated by colons. Here are the good optiosn for us:

'sh' -- suppress header

'sf' -- suppress line feed

'mx#0' -- unlimited buffer

'sd' -- spool directory (This should be different for each printer)

'lp' -- printer device probably '/dev/ulpt0' or '/dev/lp0'

'if' -- error log

Note use '\' to go muliline

Here's my line for my HP D5100 (Printer really doesn't matter since this is raw printing)

D5100|hp:\
:sh:sf:mx#0\
:sd=/var/spool/hp:\
:lp=/dev/ulpt0:lf=/var/log/lpd-errs:

Make Sure the spool directory is world readable and writable or lp will fail!

Finally use 'chkprintcap' to check /etc/printcap

Setup /usr/local/etc/smb.conf

smb.conf is pretty much setup. Add ' use client driver = yes' under printers to make windows clients happy otherwise the print queue has a nice "access denied" error.

Use 'testparam' to check smb.conf

Setup Samba User accounts

pdbedit -a -u queenorych

Happy Printing!

Time Machine and Freebsd

Getting Apple Time Machine to talk to Freebsd has never been easier. Netatalk 2.0.5 has direct TM support now! Here are the steps I used. Note TM does not need apple talk or avahi.

1. cd /usr/ports/net/netatalk
2. make install
3. Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf
netatalk_enable="YES"
afpd_enable="YES"
cnid_metad_enable="YES"

4. Make a time machine directory (for example, /home/mike/TimeMachine), make sure it is read/writable by the time machine account you will use
5. Then the following line in /usr/local/etc/AppleVolumes.default: "/home/mike/TimeMachine TimeMachine allow:mike cnidscheme:cdb options:usedots,upriv,tm"
6. Connect to your new server through finder using the url "afs://(YOUR SEVER IP)"
7. Load-up Time machine and it should see your time machine share
8. Time Machine makes an afs mount, it should work. It was a little flaky for me.
9. Afterwards TM has backed-up reliably every hour when i am in wifi range or connected to the Ethernet