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Unlock the files checked out by other users

One of  the scenarios that I faced in couple of my cases when someone has a set of files checked out and locked, and the person goes on vacation or is otherwise unavailable. Until these locks are removed, no one else can check in these files. Someone with the " Administer workspaces " permission to undo changes for another user. One option is to use the TF.exe command – line tool as provided below: tf undo "$/MyProject/VersionX/Utils/file.cs" /workspace:MyWorkspace;Domain\User/collection: http://server:8080/tfs/Collection/recursive Another option is to use the Team Foundation Power Tools by following the steps provided below: 1. Open Source Control Explorer. 2. Right – click the item on which checkout is to be undone (or a parent folder of multiple files to be undone). 3. Select Find in Source Control ➪ Status. 4. In the Find in Source Control dialog, leave the Status check box marked. 5. Enter the value for the path as "$/MyProjec...

An Introduction to Mutual SSL Authentication

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1. Introduction Mutual SSL authentication or certificate based mutual authentication refers to two parties authenticating each other through verifying the provided digital certificate so that both parties are assured of the others' identity. In technology terms, it refers to a client (web browser or client application) authenticating themselves to a server (website or server application) and that server also authenticating itself to the client through verifying the public key certificate/digital certificate issued by the trusted Certificate Authorities (CAs) . Because authentication relies on digital certificates, certification authorities such as Verisign or Microsoft Certificate Server are an important part of the mutual authentication process. From a high-level point of view, the process of authenticating and establishing an encrypted channel using certificate-based mutual authentication involves the following steps: A client requests access to a...

smtp test from server

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Test SMTP: Launch Notepad and create the following: To:YourEmailAddress From:YourEmailAddress Subject: This is a test email. This is a test.         Save the file to the desktop called "testemail" Click Save. Note: Be sure to include the " " around testemail. Navigate to C:\inetpub\mailroot\Pickup Copy the testemail from the desktop and paste it into the Pickup folder. It should disappear and send the email. Confirm you have received the test email.

R server error: --with-readline=yes (default) and headers/libs are not available

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yum install readline - devel

How To Solve Error: “E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock – open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/” On Debian 7 or Ubuntu

Today I have keep getting an annoying error when I try to install some libraries. "E: Could not get lock /var/cache/apt/archives/lock - open (11: Resource temporarily unavailable) E: Unable to lock directory /var/cache/apt/archives/" This is the first time i got this error and i don't have any clue how to solve this. I googled a bit and found the solution after spending almost an hour. I wanted to share. Problem: Here what i did to install to python libraries. # apt-get install python-twisted Sample output: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree        Reading state information... Done The following extra packages will be installed:   python-crypto python-openssl python-pam python-pkg-resources python-pyasn1   python-serial python-twisted-bin python-twisted-conch python-twisted-core   python-twisted-lore python-twisted-mail python-twisted-names   python-twisted-news python-twisted-runner python-twisted-web   python-twisted-words python-zope.interf...

Information Server 11.3.1 install fails on Redhat 6 - J9Generic_Signal_Number=00000010

Technote (troubleshooting) Problem(Abstract) When installing Information Server 11.3.1 on Redhat Linux 6, the installer fails before it generates the install URL. The error is: INFO: Installation program will be running in this session, please do not close installation window until installation program completes. Unhandled exception Type=Illegal instruction vmState=0x00070000 J9Generic_Signal_Number=00000010 Signal_Number=00000004 Error_Value=00000000 Signal_Code=00000002 Handler1=00007FFFF6AFA820 Handler2=00007FFFF6447E90 There is a java dump after that. The java process will dump core as well. Cause There can be an issue with the version of IBM Java that is packaged with the Information Server installer. Resolving the problem Download the latest IBM Java 7 SR and put it in the is-suite/_jvm directory and rerun the install. Example: cd is-suite mv _jvm _jvm.orig mkdir _jvm Move the package downloaded to the _j...

IBM MDM server v11.5 BA UI issue

Unexpected application problem occurred " Below is the snippet of log from SystemOut.log file: [6/30/14 11:43:47:906 EDT] 0000016c servlet       E com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper service SRVE0014E: Uncaught service() exception root cause /index.jsp: com.ibm.websphere.servlet.error.ServletErrorReport: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/apache/myfaces/taglib/core/ViewTag  at org.apache.jasper.runtime.PageContextImpl.handlePageException(PageContextImpl.java:695)  at com.ibm._jsp._index._jspService(_index.java:245) ​Solution:​ ​ 1. Stop the server 2. delete the content of <Application server profile path>/wstemp <Application server profile path>/temp 3. ./clearClassCache.sh  ./osgiCfgInit.sh.   4. Start the server. ​