Thursday, August 28, 2014

SAFARI OS X MAC Corporate Single Sign On using Windows Credentials SSO LDAP Kerberos

Kerberos is built into Mac OS X as well, but isn't as simple to use and configure with Chrome and FireFox as it is with Explorer on a Windows workstation.
You need to do two things before you can use Kerberos for authentication in Chrome/FireFox:

  1. Create a Kerberos ticket with the Ticket Viewer application (/System/Library/CoreServices/Ticket Viewer)  
  2. OR via the command line (kinit username@example.com, then enter your password). See this article for more detailed instructions.

Thursday, August 14, 2014

Research on RPM DROP on AUDI A4 v6 3.0L- Replace PCV valve and Ignition Coil packs

  1. interchange spark plugs with the misfiring ones -
    - recheck the code and notice if the misfire codes move to different cylinder
  2. Interchange Ignition Coil packs
    - Recheck the scan codes if they change and if it moves to different cylinder
  3. A broken PCV valve can also be the reason. (Check the Intake Mainfold Runner Motor)

Forum Discussion here

http://www.audizine.com/forum/showthread.php/479493-Bouncing-RPM-and-Dropping-RPMs-at-stop
The most common ones are:

PCV
Intake Manifold Runner Motor
Fuel Pressure Sensor

Might be missing one.

Just had the first two done a few weeks ago, car is driving better than ever!

DIY Videos


Order here
http://www.autopartswarehouse.com/shop_parts/ignition_coil/audi/a4.html

*- Nirav -*

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

GSmartControl : GUI for smartctl

GSmartControl : GUI for smartctl


GSmartControl is a graphical user interface for Linux smartctl, which is a tool for querying and controlling S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology) data on modern hard disk drives.  You can read about smartctl at : http://unixfoo.blogspot.com/2007/11/disk-information-using-smartctl.html . It allows you to inspect the drive's S.M.A.R.T. data to determine its health, as well as run various tests on it.

GSmartControl features include

  • Automatically report and highlight any abnormal SMART information.
  • Ability to enable / disable SMART.
  • Ability to enable / disable Automatic Offline Data Collection – A short self-check that the drive will perform automatically every four hours with no impact on performance.
  • Ability to set global and per-drive options for smartctl.
  • Display drive identity, capabilities, attributes, error and self-test logs.
  • Perform SMART self-tests.
  • Ability to load smartctl output as a "virtual" device, which acts just like a real (read-only) device.
  • Works on most smartctl-supported operating systems.

inode deleting table entry for item pointing to free inode/ or used inode

Force XFS to repair!

$xfs_repair -L /dev/mapper/Data   

And got following inode error about pointing to either used block or free block

Phase 1 - find and verify superblock...
Phase 2 - using internal log
- zero log...
- scan filesystem freespace and inode maps...
- found root inode chunk
Phase 3 - for each AG...
- scan and clear agi unlinked lists...
- process known inodes and perform inode discovery...
- agno = 0
data fork in regular inode 4497195 claims used block 4832288037
data fork in regular inode 349982619 claims used block 4832288030
- agno = 1
- agno = 2
- agno = 3
- agno = 4
- agno = 5
- agno = 6
- agno = 7
- agno = 8
- agno = 9
- agno = 10
- agno = 11
- agno = 12
- agno = 13
- agno = 14
- agno = 15
- agno = 16
- agno = 17
- agno = 18
- agno = 19
- agno = 20
- process newly discovered inodes...
Phase 4 - check for duplicate blocks...
- setting up duplicate extent list...
- check for inodes claiming duplicate blocks...
- agno = 0
- agno = 1
- agno = 3
- agno = 7
- agno = 8
- agno = 9
- agno = 10
- agno = 11
- agno = 12
- agno = 6
- agno = 14
- agno = 4
- agno = 5
- agno = 16
- agno = 2
- agno = 19
- agno = 20
- agno = 13
- agno = 17
- agno = 18
- agno = 15
data fork in regular inode 4497195 claims used block 4832288037
data fork in regular inode 349982619 claims used block 4832288030
Phase 5 - rebuild AG headers and trees...
- reset superblock...
Phase 6 - check inode connectivity...
- resetting contents of realtime bitmap and summary inodes
- traversing filesystem ...
- traversal finished ...
- moving disconnected inodes to lost+found ...
Phase 7 - verify and correct link counts...
done




Very hesitantly, I ran xfs_db on the two inodes that xfs_repair complained about. Then ran xfs_repair again, and this time it didn't mention them.... and now I can delete the files I could not delete before...

Hopefully nothing else is missing...

(in my case below instead of mapper/data its md0)

$ xfs_db -x -c 'inode 4497195' -c 'write core.nextents 0' -c 'write core.size 0' /dev/mapper/Data

core.nextents = 0
core.size = 0


$ xfs_db -x -c 'inode 349982619' -c 'write core.nextents 0' -c 'write core.size 0' /dev/mapper/Data

core.nextents = 0
core.size = 0