How to Fix PosftFix Error In ScrollOut F1

How to Fix : PostFix Error In ScrollOut F1 Anti-Spam Gateway

If you are running ScrollOut F1 Anti-Spam Gateway, there could be a time when your PostFix might stop working and give our error on the top of your dashboard.

To fix the problem please follow the steps below;

1. Log-on to the server via SSH

2. In the Command Prompt Type:

update-ca-certificates --fresh

postfix restart

The first command updates your certificates and re-freshes them

The second command restarts the PostFix service.

If the second command does not work, use :

postfix stop

postfix start

This should solve the problem

How to Fix: The Network Folder Specified Is Currently mapped Using a Different User Name and Password

The Network Folder Specified Is Currently mapped Using a Different Username and Password.

Symptoms :

Consider the following scenario:

* You have a Windows-Based computer that is running Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2008, Or Windows Vista

* There are two network shares on a remote server

* You use user credentials to connect to one of the network shares. Then, you try to use different user credentials to connect to the other network share.

In this scenario, you may receive the following error message:

* The network folder specified is currently mapped using a different username and password. To connect using username and password, first disconnect any existing mappings to this network share.

If you click OK in response to this error message. 

Multiple connections to a server or shared resource by the same user, using more than one username, are not  allowed.

Disconnect all previous connections to the server or shared resource and try again

There are two Methods to solve this problem. Please see below :

Solution 1:

use the IP address of the remote server when you try to connect to the network share.

Solution 2:

Create a different Domain Name System (DNS) alias for the remote server, and then use this alias to connect to the network share:

After you use one of these methods, you can use different user credentials to connect to the network share. In this situation the computer behaves as if it is connecting to a different server.

How to Fix the "Bootmgr is missing" Error in Windows

How to Fix the "Bootmgr is missing" Error in Windows

At times when if you see a message as below when you boot your system :

You know that you're stuck bad, and if you do not know how to fix the problem, you're probably thinking of a re-install of the complete system.

But Wait there is a solution, try this, and you should be up and running in no time.

Do keep in mind that this fix is for Windows 7, and does require a Windows 7 Installation DVD.

This problem is not hardware related and can be fixed with a Windows 7 DVD OR a system repair disc.

So to fix the issue, follow :

Note: It may take running a start-up repair a few tries before it fully fixes the start-up issue.

1. Boot to the System Recovery Options screen.

2. Select the Startup Repair option. (See Screenshot Below)

3. Now Click on Startup Repair. Run the Startup Repair and it 

   will attempt to fix the issue.

Note : Once the process is finished, it will ask for a reboot. Reboot and see if it has fixed the issue and you are able to boot into Windows. If not, Please Follow STEP 4.

4. Reboot into the System Recovery Options again

5. Click on Command Prompt

6. Type C: and press <Enter>

( C: is the driver letter where your windows is installed, please replace if you have windows installed in any other partition )

7. At the C:\ prompt, type cd boot and press <Enter>

8. At the C:\Boot prompt, type the following commands and press <Enter> after each command

                bootrec /FixMbr

                bootrec /FixBoot

                bootrec /RebuildBcd

D) Now close the command prompt, remove the DVD and reboot your computer. 

This should have fixed your problem. Enjoy !!!!

How to Reset Root Password on Debian or Ubuntu

How to Reset Root Password on

Debian or Ubuntu

If you forgot the root password for your Debian system, do not panic. There is an easy way to reset the password. Linux provides a special mode called "recovery mode" or "single user mode,"

The recovery mode is used when you need to perform file system maintenance and recovery, or conduct security vulnerability auditing in an isolated environment. You can also reset the root password in the recovery mode.

This is the Same mode as one would find on a Windows OS when you're booting into SafeMode for administrative maintenance purposes.

To BOOT into the recovery mode on Debian or Ubuntu,

1. Hold down SHIFT key after powering on your Linux machine. You will then be presented with GRUB menu. 

2. Select "recovery menu" option by pressing down arrow key. DO NOT press ENTER at this point, but press "e" key to enter edit mode.

You will see "GRUB" edit screen where you can edit GRUB boot parameters. 

Move your cursor to the line starting with "linux /boot/vmlinuz-......", and go to the end of that line. Append "init /bin/bash" right there, as shown below.

Then press Ctrl+X to proceed. After all subsequent booting sequence is over, you will finally get a root prompt.

In the recovery mode, the root partition is mounted as read-only by default, hence you will not be able to make any changes to root password.

To be able to reset the root password, you need to re-mount the root partition as read & write.

First, find out what the root partition of your system is, by using "fdisk -l" command.

As shown in the screenshot above, partition marked with "*" under "Boot" column is the root partition of your system (e.g., /dev/sda1).

Remount the root partition as read-write, and finally reset the password, using passwd command..

$ mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda1 /
$ passwd

To Sum up, Here's what you need to DO:

1. Boot Into Recovery Mode:

Hold down the SHIFT key right after powering up the server until you get the GRUB MENU

2. Enter Recovery Menu:

Press the DOWN ARROW KEY until you get to "RECOVERY MENU" and press letter " E "

3. Get to the Line where you need to make the changes:

Press DOWN KEY until you get to the line that starts with: "linux /boot/vmlinuz-......." go to the end of the line and APPEND "init /bin/bash"...Then PRESS CTRL+X and after reboot you would land in the root prompt.

4. Check which partition is the Root partition:

Type "fdisk -l" and hit Enter, The partition marked with "*" is the Root partition, the name is described under SERVICE BOOT. Ex: /dev/sda1

5. Mount the Root partition as Read & Write:

$ mount -o remount,rw /dev/sda1/

6. Change the Password:

$passwd YOURNEWPASSWORD (change YOURNEWPASSWORD with your own password)

That's all to it, now reboot and you should have your new password active.