Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Giving a hostname to a Zentyal server

A very easy way to name your Zentyal server is to use the following format when asked about a host name:

ServerName.DomainName.local

ServerName = The name of the server e.g. MyServer
DomainName = The domain name e.g. ElectricalServices

So in the above example the hostname would be: MyServer.ElectricalServices.local

Reply above or Below in Thunderbird

When you get an email on Thunderbird and you want to reply you have the option to quote the original email above or below your reply.

To change the way Thunderbird replies do the following:

  1. Goto Tools.
  2. Go to Account Settings.
  3. Tick/untick Start my reply above the quote.
And that's it.

Installing NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu

To install the NVIDIA drivers in Ubuntu do the following:

  1. Open the command console
  2. Type in Sudo apt-get install Nvidia-current
And that's it.

Automap Network drives in Zentyal

To automap network drives on a Zentyal server to be used with Windows clients do the following:

  1. Go to the Zentyal Server (But ofcourse!)
  2. Open Leafpad and create a file called e.g. "mapDrives.bat" with a single line as follows: net use X: \\servername.domainname.local\share_name
  3. Go to Domain Group and select Group Policy Objects.
  4. Select Default Domain Policy and click on GPO Editor icon (it's the cog icon).
  5. Navigate to User Configuration Logon Scripts and click Add New.
  6. Select the above batch file and clilck Add
  7. Log off the Windows client and log back in.
The drives should be there. Hopefully this will help.