If you have a .local domain, you could encounter the following problem: You can resolve hostname, but not FQDN. This is most likely caused by the Avahi and configuration of nsswitch.conf. Read More
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Weblogic deployment plan: change data source and context root
Getting the deployment plan to work might be sometimes a little bit tricky in Weblogic. Here’s my experience summary. Hopefully it will save some time to someone. Read More
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How to disable online search in Ubuntu’s Dash
By default, if you search in Ubuntu’s Dash, it gives you also online results. These results are from various sources like Amazon, Wikipedia, Yahoo etc. It slows down. It, in a way, invades your privacy. And sometimes, some links don’t even work, for example for online music. Fortunately, there is a quick and easy way to turn the online search off. Read More
Windows Local System, Network and Local Service accounts and network access
I always thought that the Local System account cannot access the network resources. I thought that Network Service is meant for that. And I was not the only one. But recently, I accidentally found out that this is not quite true. Read More
How to run an application as a Windows service
If you ever wanted to run an application as a Windows service, maybe you tried to simply create the service with the main executable of the application. And then you found out that it won’t work. The reason is that in Windows, a service process has to communicate with the SCM (Windows Service Manager). Otherwise the SCM thinks that the process is stuck and kills it. Read More