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Oooh, just googled backtrack (I'd never heard of it). Me likey!! I'm going to play with that

I'm not trying to start this into another big argument about Macs (honest) but seriously, why is it that the only consistent argument I ever hear in favour of macs is that "it looks nice/lovely/sexy/etc??" Don't the fans have anything more to say about them? Disclaimer: to avoid this turning into a huge mac debate (again) I am not necessarily saying that this is the only reason people buy them, just observing that it seems inordinately high up on the feature list...

Do you want DansGuardian to filter based on usernames, or squid itself? I don't think squid can do that, but if you link your linux box to your domain with Samba and Winbind you can enable NTLM authentication on Dansguardian. Then just whack the usernames and their access levels (filter1, filter2, etc) into the "View/Edit filter group assignments" file. Some pointers on how to bind your linux box to the domain can be found here, but be aware this guide is for debian etch, not the latest one (I'm told there are differences). I have used this guide on ubuntu karmic with little alteration. Feel free to pm me if you have any specific problems, I did this quite recently, so you might ring a bell!!

Well that's the only way I have ever found to do it! I'd be interested to hear if your tech tells you the other way when he returns!!! Sorry I can't be more help

Good point

\\exchange server\c$\Program Files\Microsoft\Exchange Server\TransportRoles\Logs\MessageTracking\ The only way I have found to do this is to check the log files above. Send yourself a message and then sort the contents of that folder by date modified to get the latest one. Then run a search in notepad to look for the incorrect address that you are looking for. If anyone else has a better way I would be very interested to hear it!! Hope that helps!

Is this the "Default cache size" policy? Because I set that to 150 - which I understand to be 1.5% of the disk (doesn't say whether that is the full disk, the C:, the system partition or the free space of the system disk ). Then I went on and put 4GB of files on there while offline. Now the hdd is a total of 250GB, so I can't see any way that it isn't ever the limit there. But it worked anyway. Ok, it didn't sync when I went back onto the network due to the server restrictions, but it tried, and therein lies the problem. It seems to just ignore what I tell it and try anyway. Soooo annoying. Maybe I'll give up and just give it to them as is, and warn them if they put a load of crap on the offline files they will have to sit and wait for it to try to sync for a few minutes, and then get the good news that it failed...

Hmm, thats pretty lame. So does it allow them to save music and videos in the cache (even if it is set not to on the GPO) and only stops them when they try to sync it to the server?

Does that work on the cache? If I set a 2 GB limit to their home drives on the network, will it set this to the cache as well? Trouble is, if it's mostly full, 2GB is still quite a lot to synchronise - does it only do the things that have changed, or does it do the lot?

Wait, I lied. I have set the "allow use of the offline files feature" to enabled which according to the description means Offline Files are enabled and cannot be disabled. Except, if I turn this to Disabled, it stops the this problem but also rather annoying stops it from synching the few bits that I do want it to synchronise (set in the Administratively set offline files"). ARGH!

We have created a partition on the laptop for their documents that they can transfer to and from when on the network and use as offline storage when they are not - we are worried that they will mindlessly save a 10GB movie to their My Documents and then wonder why it takes a while to log in: "It said something about synchronising N: and sat there for 2 hours, until I got bored and ripped the battery out before plunging the laptop in a bucket of water. So can I have a new one please?". I know it will happen!!

I hate staff laptops. But this is a technical thread, not BTRD so I will attempt to stick to the point without just giving up and putting all the staff laptops on ebay... My problem is that we are attempting to put the staff laptops on the domain to increase our control over them - currently every member of staff has one and they are all local admins on the workgroup and are basically given free-reign to smash them to junk as they see fit. I have created an OU under which I have built a test laptop and I have set them to cache the last 2 logins. I have also set it to synchronise the Profile and App Data. All of this is fine. The staff logins on the domain map their home directories to N: when on the network. My trouble is, when off the domain it still does this, even though it can't access the server. Then if you whack in a file or edit something in there, it caches it and, whent he laptop does return to the network, it synchronises it. Now this is in direct contradiction to every setting I can find: I have tried to disable this and I just can't!! I have: - Set the "Administratively assigned offline files" GPO to sync only the Profile and App Data. - Disabled the "synchronise all offline folders before logging off (and on)" GPO - Enabled the "subfolders always available offline" - Set the "Allow or Disallow use of the offline files feature" to disallowed. - "Prohibit user configuration of Offline File" set to enabled. - Disabled Caching on the home folder on the server What else can I do?!?!?! Any ideas what I'm doing wrong, or does my server just hate me?

Agreed with the above, but I found a bug with likewise a few months ago when I last tried this (on Ubuntu 10.4 Karmic, so may have been fixed), installing and configuring Likewise seems to stop passwd command working in terminal. Random but true. It didn't affect me at the time and since then it's been rebuilt using winbind/samba instead so not sure if its still an issue.

We have a 4000 Lumens HP CP-X605 Projector in our hall. At a push we can get the whole school in the hall (1500 students). The projector does the job ok, but I wouldn't want to go any dimmer than that - I wouldn't say no to one of those new Casio Laser Projectors in there (it is a royal PITA to swap a buld out up there), but there's no chance of spending money of flash stuff like that at the moment!!

Oops, but having just started reading the post GrumbleDook added, it seems confirmed that we do not.

Yeah we have the CALs for our users (students, staff & governors) to authenticate with the server to look at our VLE as an Intranet. For the outside world we were looking at hosting the webpage right at the front with anonymous access rights - that way anyone can look at the website, but to look further into the vle you authenticate as usual. Our network Manager was told that this wasn't possible without buying that Internet Connector Licence, but I have found nothing to cxonfirm that...

Wouldn't be the first time, they get into all the bars around here apparently with very little effort. Can be a little off putting when you stagger through a bar to be met with "Look IT TECHNICIAN!!!!!" echoed by a large group of students you know without a doubt are underage... Again: Sign me up!!! I hypothsise it will help tremendously after a set threshold of beer intake, known as the "silly drunken dancing to whatever music is available" threshold!!!

Heh, that is an epic way to end the night...

Well then, I'm sure you can round up some students to be the control group? Call it extra-curricular research

Nooooooo!! Anything but that!! Besides, I'd foul up the control group by getting them drunk too Who says Science isn't fun?!!

Count me in, always willing to selflessly volunteer myself in the name of science

We were also looking at doing this. Rumour has it that it is inordinately expensive because you have to pay extra to allow the general public (as opposed to licenced users who are off-site) to access the site. Not sure how true that is though, I haven't had time to research it properly...

And were the police called?

As is mine and my mates: Friday night is Movie Night!! (Plus the aforementioned Whiskey tasting obviously...!)

Sorted, see you down the pub then!!!