Trying to automate all the crap we have to do since corporate policy doesn’t allow static service account/password combos any longer. Hey, no problem, we could use RSA keys. Except, hey, Windows doesn’t do that. So now we’re spending $FOO on some stupid utility to manage, in bulk, Windows service account logons. And $FOO is…
New-to-me Windows DOS commands that are equivalent to bash commands that I always use. Another in a long series. runas [1] Equivalent to sudo, allows one to run commands as a different user assuming one knows the password for that user pushd [2] Maps a network location as a volume popd [3] Drops that mapping…
My rose for the day [so far]. On Windows you can use the command explorer SomeDirectory and Windows Explorer will open with the view set to SomeDirectory, assuming one exists as a child of the current working directory. The same holds if you want to jump around the tree a bit. explorer \foo opens foo…
You know what really rocks on Windows? Git’s bash shell [1] wrapped with Console2 [2]. Git [3]: Come for the awesome revision control, stay for the bonus command shell. I know I’ve nattered on about Console2 before [4] but that was just window dressing. Having an honest-to-goodness bash shell on a windows platform is real…
So you’re in cmd.exe and you type ‘ls‘ expecting to get a directory listing. Instead cmd.exe gives you the finger. You give cmd.exe the finger back. Just then your boss walks by and sees you flipping off company property. Next thing you’re in her office having a discussion on appropriate workplace behavior. Having had enough…