How to enable JDBC SQL Statement Tracing in OC4J

Take a backup of ojdbc14.jar and  ojdbc14dms.jar files.

cd ORACLE_HOME\jdbc\lib

copy ojdbc14.jar ojdbc14.jar.org
copy  ojdbc14dms.jar ojdbc14dms.jar.org

Replace the  JDBC jar files with the JDBC log files
copy ojdbc14dms_g.jar ojdbc14dms.jar
copy ojdbc14_g.jar ojdbc14.jar

In the opmn.xml add the following values to the opmn.xml file
-Doracle.jdbc.Trace=true -Djava.util.logging.config.file=c:/temp/OracleLog.properties
 
 
For example ,

<process-type id="oc4j_soa" module-id="OC4J" status="enabled">
               <module-data>
                  <category id="start-parameters">
<data id="java-options" value=" -Doracle.jdbc.Trace=true -Djava.util.logging.config.file=c:/temp/OracleLog.properties   -Xrs -server -XX:MaxPermSize=128M -ms512M -mx1024M -XX:AppendRatio=3 -Djava.security.policy=$ORACLE_HOME/j2ee/oc4j_soa/config/java2.policy -Djava.awt.headless=true -Dhttp.webdir.enable=false -Doraesb.home=d:\soa1013\integration\esb -Dhttp.proxySet=false -Doc4j.userThreads=true -Doracle.mdb.fastUndeploy=60 -Doc4j.formauth.redirect=true -Djava.net.preferIPv4Stack=true -Dorabpel.home=d:\soa1013\bpel -Xbootclasspath^/p:d:\soa1013\bpel/lib/orabpel-boot.jar -Dhttp.proxySet=false"/>                  </category>
                  <category id="stop-parameters">
         

Sample OracleLog.properties  file
==================================

#### Console Handler ######

#java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = ALL
#java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter =
#java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
#handlers = java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

#### File  Handler ######

oracle.jdbc.handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler
java.util.logging.FileHandler.level=ALL
java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=c:/temp/jdbc.log
java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=1
java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

# Uncomment and/or change the levels for more detail
#oracle.jdbc.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.connector.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.driver.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.internal.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.oci.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.oracore.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.pool.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.rowset.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.util.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.xa.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.xa.client.level = FINE
#oracle.jpub.level = FINE
#oracle.net.level = FINE
#oracle.sql.level = FINEST
#.level=CONFIG
#oracle.level=CONFIG
#oracle.jdbc.pool.level=CONFIG
#oracle.jdbc.util.level=CONFIG
#oracle.sql.level=CONFIG

#oracle.jdbc.driver.level=FINE

# This is the setting needed for sql debug
oracle.jdbc.driver.level=FINE
oracle.level=OFF

oracle.level=OFF
#oracle.jdbc.driver.level=CONFIG
#oracle.sql.level = FINEST

#set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Doracle.jdbc.Trace=true  -Djava.util.logging.config.file=c:/temp/OracleLog.properties

How to use the JDBC Driver Tracing in Weblogic/SOA 11g to capture the sql statements issued by the JDBC Drivers

Before starting the weblogic server set the following environment variables ,

On Windows

set EXT_PRE_CLASSPATH=C:\Oracle\Middleware\wlserver_10.3\server\ext\jdbc\oracle\11g\ojdbc6_g.jar
set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Doracle.jdbc.Trace=true -Djava.util.logging.config.file=c:/temp/OracleLog.properties 

On Unix

set EXT_PRE_CLASSPATH=/home/oracle/Middleware/wlserver_10.3/server/ext/jdbc/oracle/11g/ojdbc6_g.jar
set JAVA_OPTIONS=-Doracle.jdbc.Trace=true -Djava.util.logging.config.file=/tmp/OracleLog.properties 

In the OracleLog.properties have the following entries ,

#### Console Handler ######

#java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.level = ALL
#java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler.formatter =
#java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter
#handlers = java.util.logging.ConsoleHandler

#### File  Handler ######

oracle.jdbc.handlers=java.util.logging.FileHandler
java.util.logging.FileHandler.level=ALL
java.util.logging.FileHandler.pattern=c:/temp/jdbc.log
java.util.logging.FileHandler.count=1
java.util.logging.FileHandler.formatter=java.util.logging.SimpleFormatter

# Uncomment and/or change the levels for more detail
#oracle.jdbc.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.connector.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.driver.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.internal.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.oci.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.oracore.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.pool.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.rowset.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.util.level = FINEST
#oracle.jdbc.xa.level = FINE
#oracle.jdbc.xa.client.level = FINE
#oracle.jpub.level = FINE
#oracle.net.level = FINE
#oracle.sql.level = FINEST
#.level=CONFIG
#oracle.level=CONFIG
#oracle.jdbc.pool.level=CONFIG
#oracle.jdbc.util.level=CONFIG
#oracle.sql.level=CONFIG

#oracle.jdbc.driver.level=FINE

# This is the setting needed for sql debug
oracle.jdbc.driver.level=FINE
oracle.level=OFF

 

TRACE_1: Public Enter: "DELETE FROM MDS_LABELS WHERE LABEL_NAME = ? AND LABEL_PARTITION_ID =?"
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection prepareStatement
TRACE_1: return: oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatementWrapper@1d56ac0
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.PhysicalConnection prepareStatement
TRACE_1: Exit
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement setPoolable
TRACE_1: Public Enter: true
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement setPoolable
TRACE_1: Exit
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement setString
TRACE_1: Public Enter: 1, "preDeployLabel_soa-infra"
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement setString
TRACE_1: Exit
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement setLong
TRACE_1: Public Enter: 2, 1
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement setLong
TRACE_1: Exit
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement executeUpdate
lTRACE_1: Public Enter:
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OracleStatement doExecuteWithTimeout
CONFIG: SQL: DELETE FROM MDS_LABELS WHERE LABEL_NAME = ? AND LABEL_PARTITION_ID =?

The sql statement is "DELETE FROM MDS_LABELS WHERE LABEL_NAME = ? AND LABEL_PARTITION_ID =?"
The bind variales are "preDeployLabel_soa-infra" and 1.
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement setString
TRACE_1: Public Enter: 1, "preDeployLabel_soa-infra"
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement setLong
TRACE_1: Public Enter: 2, 1

The sql statement is "DELETE FROM MDS_LABELS WHERE LABEL_NAME = 'preDeployLabel_soa-infra' AND LABEL_PARTITION_ID =1"

Another example ,

TRACE_1: Public Enter: "SELECT PARTITION_ID FROM MDS_PARTITIONS WHERE PARTITION_NAME=?"

Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement setString
TRACE_1: Public Enter: 1, "soa-infra"
Mar 12, 2011 10:18:10 PM oracle.jdbc.driver.OraclePreparedStatement setString

The sql statement is "SELECT PARTITION_ID FROM MDS_PARTITIONS WHERE PARTITION_NAME='soa-infra'

If you want only the sql statements with out bind variables use
oracle.jdbc.driver.level=CONFIG

This displays the sql statemnets as

CONFIG: 13EEB53C SQL: update  MEDIATOR_CASE_INSTANCE  set  STATUS ='locked',  LOCK_TIME =?,  CONTAINER_ID =? where  STATUS  = 'ready' and rownum < ?
CONFIG: 466208C SQL: SELECT CASE_ID, CONTAINER_ID, MSG_ID, OPERATION, COMPONENT_DN, PRIORITY, LOCK_TIME, QNAME_LOCAL_PART, IS_EVENT, QNAME_NAMESPACE, CASE_INFO, SOURCE_URI, COMPONENT_STATUS, INSTANCE_CREATED, CREATION_DATE, STATUS, DUMMY1 FROM MEDIATOR_DEFERRED_MESSAGE WHERE (((STATUS = ?) AND (LOCK_TIME = ?)) AND (CONTAINER_ID = ?))

OPatch on Windows 7 fails with the error OPATCH_JAVA_ERROR: Wrong number of arguments

"Opatch apply" went smooth till verify patch and then exit with following error description:

"OPATCH_JAVA_ERROR: Wrong number of arguments. VerifyPatch needs ORACLE_HOME, OUI location, patch location, patch I
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.Exception: Wrong number of arguments. VerifyPatch needs ORACLE_HOME, OUI location, patch location, patch ID and path to 'ar' command, no_inventory, OS_ID.

at opatch.VerifyPatch.main

Verification of the patch failed.
ERROR: OPatch failed as verification of the patch failed.

Even rolling back a patch is failing.

The OS_ID is retruning as "0" , that was the main reason why it is failing on Windows 7.

Please set the environment variable

set OPATCH_PLATFORM_ID=233 and run the opatch apply command.

How to use different JDBC drivers with SOA 10g

Please refer to the following note for the certification information on the jdbc drivers with OAS 10.1.3.

JDBC Driver Support for Oracle Application Server (Fusion Middleware) (Doc ID 365120.1)

Couple of points ,

Please note that we can use only thin drivers. Please also note that replacing the shipped JDBC drivers with the new ones are not supported. We have to use the application library support
feature available in 10.1.3.x versions.

How to Use The Latest Thin JDBC Driver Across All Applications For a 10.1.3.x OAS Container (Doc ID 420303.1)

The procedure given below should help you in configuring the 11g JDBC thin drivers with OAS 10.1.3. Please also refer to the BUG 8726607 - 10.1.3.5 CERT WITH 11G JDBC DRIVERS : EXTRA STEPS TO NOTE 420303.1

1. Within each container, create the following directory to host the
shared library:

  $OH/j2ee/<container>/shared-lib/oracle.jdbc/11.1.0.7
2. From the Oracle Database 11g installation, copy the following files
into the newly created directory above:

   $OH/rdbms/jlib/aqapi.jar
   $OH/jdbc/lib/ojdbc5.jar *
   $OH/oc4j/j2ee/home/lib/ojms-provider.jar

ojdbc5.jar is for application server installs using JDK 5 (the
default in 10.1.3).  For installs configured to use JDK 6, copy
ojdbc6.jar instead.

3. Create the following oracle.jdbc shared-library entry in the
container $OH/j2ee/<container>/config/server.xml file with the version
attribute set to 11.1.0.7, and at the same time specify the new version
for the BPEL and ESB imported oracle.jdbc shared libraries.

- Make sure the oracle.jdbc library is defined before the oracle.bpel.common
and oracle.esb libraries.
- Replace "[$OH]" in the below example with the path to your Oracle Home
directory.

 

<application-server ?

   <shared-library name="oracle.jdbc" version="11.1.0.7">
     <code-source path="ojdbc5.jar"/>
     <code-source path="aqapi.jar"/>
     <code-source path="ojms-provider.jar"/>
      <code-source path="[$OH]/opmn/lib/ons.jar"/>
      <code-source path="[$OH]/jdbc/lib/ocrs12.jar"/>
    </shared-library>
    <shared-library name="oracle.bpel.common" ?>
     
      <import-shared-library name="oracle.jdbc"   min-version="11.1.0.7"/>
     
    </shared-library>
    <shared-library name="oracle.esb" ?>
     
      <import-shared-library name="oracle.jdbc" min-version="11.1.0.7"/>
     
    </shared-library>
 
</application-server>
 
4. Open the AppsAdapter, AqAdapter and DbAdapter config in these files:
 
$OH/j2ee/oc4j_soa/application-deployments/default/AppsAdapter/oc4j-ra.xml
$OH/j2ee/oc4j_soa/application-deployments/default/AqAdapter/oc4j-ra.xml
$OH/j2ee/oc4j_soa/application-deployments/default/DbAdapter/oc4j-ra.xml
 
Edit the config as below to specify the same minimum version of the
oracle.jdbc shared-library.
 
    <import-shared-library name="oracle.jdbc" min-version="11.1.0.7"/>
 
5. Restart the container

SOA Oracle Lite DB Tracing

SOA Uses 10.2 POLite.

Please refer to the link for more debuginfo.

Set OLITE_SQL_TRACE=TRUE in c:\windows\polite.ini file ,

The sql trace info is written to c:\windows\system32\oldb_trc.txt

OLITE_SQL_TRACE

Generates the SQL statement text, compilation time, execution plan, and the bind value.

For example:

OLITE_SQL_TRACE = TRUE

SQL trace output is dumped to a trace file named oldb_trc.txt in the current working directory of the database process. For a database service on Windows, Windows NT or the Oracle Database Lite daemon for a Linux platform, the current working directory is specified by the wdir parameter during the database startup service or daemon. Applications that use an embedded connection to connect to the database contain a working directory. This working directory is the application working directory. To implement the tracing feature, the database process must contain permissions to create the trace file in the current working directory. The trace output is always included in the trace file. If the trace file does not exist, it is created automatically.

How to Install additional packages/upgrade OEL 5

1. Download and Install Oracle Linux

2. Download and copy the appropriate yum configuration file in place, by running the following commands as root:

   Oracle Linux 4, Update 6 or Newer

   # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
   # mv Oracle-Base.repo Oracle-Base.repo.disabled
   # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el4.repo
   

   
   
   

   Oracle Linux 5

   
   
   

   # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
   # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-el5.repo
   

   
   
   

   Oracle VM 2

   
   
   

   # cd /etc/yum.repos.d
   # wget http://public-yum.oracle.com/public-yum-ovm2.repo
   

   
   



3. 
   

   Enable the appropriate repository by editing the yum configuration file

   
   
   
   
   
   • Open the yum configuration file in a text editor
   
   
   
   • Locate the section in the file for the repository you plan to update from, e.g. [el4_u6_base]
   
   
   
   • Change enabled=0 to enabled=1
   
   
   
   



4. 
   

   Begin using yum, for example:

   
   
   

   yum list ,  yum update  , yum install firefox

   
   



5. 
   

   You can also use  “system-config-packages” for this purpose.

   
   

How to setup iscsi target on OEL 5.5

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Scsi-target-utils_Quickstart_Guide

RedHat have included an iSCSI daemon which is also installable using yum:

yum install iscsi-initiator-utils

To connect to the target, edit /etc/iscsi/initiatorname.iscsi and change InitiatorName to something you prefer (Remember! it must be in the IQN format, iqn.yyyy-mm.{reversed domain name}:an_easy_to_remember_lablel. I usually use iqn.2009-02.com.hamzahkhan:hostname_of_box). Next start up iSCSId:

/etc/init.d/iscsid start

and use iSCSI target descovery to find the targets on the server:

iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p $SERVERS_IP

If all is well, it should output the names of all the targets that the initiator is allowed to connect to!

Next, we need to create the disk nodes. To do this, RedHat have provided a nice start up script. This script will login to all the targets that the iSCSI daemon knows about. We have already used the iscsiadm command to tell the iSCSI daemon which targets exist on the server, so using the script is all that is left:

/etc/init.d/iscsi start

On Windows 7 use this note ,

http://www.windowsnetworking.com/articles_tutorials/Connecting-Windows-7-iSCSI-SAN.html

How to Find out which java thread takes the maximum cpu time in windows

On Error Resume Next
Const adVarChar = 200
Const MaxCharacters = 255
Set DataList = CreateObject("ADOR.Recordset")
DataList.Fields.Append "ProcessID", adVarChar, MaxCharacters
DataList.Fields.Append "ThreadID", adVarChar, MaxCharacters
DataList.Fields.Append "PercentUserTime", adVarChar, MaxCharacters
DataList.Fields.Append "PercentProcessorTime", adVarChar, MaxCharacters
DataList.Open
strComputer = "."
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & strComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_PerfFormattedData_PerfProc_Thread where IDProcess ="&WScript.Arguments.Item(0),,48)
For Each objItem in colItems
DataList.AddNew
DataList("ProcessID") = objItem.IDProcess
DataList("ThreadID") = objItem.IDThread
DataList("PercentUserTime") = objItem.PercentUserTime
DataList("PercentProcessorTime") = objItem.PercentProcessorTime
DataList.Update
Next
DataList.Sort = "PercentUserTime"
DataList.Reverse()
DataList.Reverse()
DataList.MoveFirst
Do Until DataList.EOF
Wscript.Echo DataList.Fields.Item("ProcessID") _
& vbTab & DataList.Fields.Item("ThreadID")_
& vbTab & Hex(DataList.Fields.Item("ThreadID"))_
& vbTab & DataList.Fields.Item("PercentUserTime")_
& vbTab & DataList.Fields.Item("PercentProcessorTime")
DataList.MoveNext
Loop
' Set WshShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
'WshShell.Run "cmd /c C:\Oracle\Middleware\jdk160_18\bin\jstack.exe " &WScript.Arguments.Item(0)

Set objShell = WScript.CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set objExecObject = objShell.Exec("cmd /c C:\Oracle\Middleware\jdk160_18\bin\jstack.exe " &WScript.Arguments.Item(0))
Do While Not objExecObject.StdOut.AtEndOfStream
    strText = objExecObject.StdOut.ReadLine()
    Wscript.Echo strText
Loop

Find out the java process , but running the command , jps and run the vbscript using the command “cscript test1.vbs”

How to create Bootable Image in USB Drive

Download MultiBootISOs-2.1.4.7.exe

1. Run MultiBootISOs-2.1.4.7.exe following the onscreen instructions
2. Select the ISO you want to Boot from the Menu and enjoy!
3. The best thing about this tool is that you can select multiple images in one USB drive

Please also refer to this URL for more details on this ,

http://www.pendrivelinux.com/boot-multiple-iso-from-usb-multiboot-usb/

How to create RAW Partions on linux (to be used for ASM and RAC)

First create the HDD Partitions , ensure that you have 3 partions
say /dev/sdb1 , /dev/sdc1 and /dev/sdd1

run the command fdisk -l and verifiy them

1. Edit the /etc/sysconfig/rawdevices file, and add the following lines.

/dev/raw/raw1 /dev/sdb1
/dev/raw/raw2 /dev/sdc1
/dev/raw/raw3 /dev/sdd1

2. service rawdevices restart

3. raw -qa

4. Create the softlinks for the files

ln -s /dev/raw/raw1 /u01/oradata/ocr
ln -s /dev/raw/raw2 /u01/oradata/votingdisk
ln -s /dev/raw/raw3 /u01/oradata/asm1

5. Add the following lines in the "/etc/rc.local" file.

chown oracle:oinstall /dev/raw/raw1
chown oracle:oinstall /dev/raw/raw2
chown oracle:oinstall /dev/raw/raw3
chmod 600 /dev/raw/raw1
chmod 600 /dev/raw/raw2
chmod 600 /dev/raw/raw3

How to Clean up failed RAC Install on linux

rm -rf /etc/oracle/*
rm -f /etc/init.d/init.cssd
rm -f /etc/init.d/init.crs
rm -f /etc/init.d/init.crsd
rm -f /etc/init.d/init.evmd
rm -f /etc/rc2.d/K96init.crs
rm -f /etc/rc2.d/S96init.crs
rm -f /etc/rc3.d/K96init.crs
rm -f /etc/rc3.d/S96init.crs
rm -f /etc/rc5.d/K96init.crs
rm -f /etc/rc5.d/S96init.crs
rm -Rf /etc/oracle/scls_scr
rm -f /etc/inittab.crs
cp -f --reply=yes /etc/inittab.orig /etc/inittab
rm -rf /u01/crs
rm -rf /u01/app/oracle
rm -f /etc/oraInst.loc
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/raw/raw1 bs=1M count=256000
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/raw/raw2 bs=1M count=256000

Migrate from VMWare Server to VirtualBox

1.Important: From VMWare Server, start your virtual machines and uninstall VMWare toolbox!

2.Locate the main VMDK file you want converted. It's usually a XML file, or a binary
file with a XML header.

3.From the command line, CD to the location of that file. Say the VMWare disk image to convert is Root_Disk.vmdk.

4.Run the following command to convert to VDI:

C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage clonehd --format vdi "c:\Virtual Machines\XP\Windows XP Professional.vmdk" "c:\Virtual Machines\XP\WinXP.vdi"

5.That's it! If you're in Linux, the VDI file will be created under ~/.VirtualBox/Harddisks/.

6.Add that to your media manager and create the virtual machine as you normally would.

How to use Wifi Tethering on Samsung Galaxy i5801

1. First download the z4root apk file from z4root.1.3.0.apk

2. Download the file fw_bcm4329.bin from
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1496809/fw_bcm4329.bin
3) Mount your sdcard
4) Create a directory named "android.tether" (without quotes)
5) Open this directory and copy fw_bcm4329.bin into it. (downloaded file)
6) Uninstall old versions of "wireless tether"
7) Install the latest 2.0.5 release of WiFi Tether from: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list

Clean up RAC 10g install

Soa Suite 11gR1 (11.1.1.3.0) installation guide for Windows

http://vtkrishn.wordpress.com/2010/09/25/soa-suite-11gr1-11-1-1-3-0-installation-guide-for-windows/

http://adfproject.googlecode.com/files/SOA_Installation_guide.doc

How to find the SOA Version

/home/ias/Oracle/Middleware/Oracle_SOA1/bin/soaversion.sh

*****************************************************************************
Oracle SOA Server version 11.1.1.3.0
          Build: 0
          Build time: Thu Apr 15 22:20:11 PDT 2010
          Build type: release
          Source tag: PCBPEL_11.1.1.3.0_GENERIC_100415.2045.2557

Oracle BAM Source Tag:ORABAM_11.1.1.3.0_GENERIC_100406.2108

Oracle BPM Source Tag: BPM_11.1.1.3.0_GENERIC_100415.1757.0684

Oracle Implementation-Version: Oracle Middleware 11.1.1 (ASKERNEL_11.1.1.3.0_
GENERIC_100411.1150, ADMINSERVER_11.1.1.3.0_GENERIC_100408.2100, J2EE
_11.1.1.3.0_GENERIC_100408.1504, JDEVADF_11.1.1.3.PS2_GENERIC_100408.
2356.5660, TOPLINK_11.1.1.3.0_GENERIC_100323.1800, ENTSEC_11.1.1.3.0_
GENERIC_100403.1733)

Reducing the PDF Page Size when printing

Sometimes we need to print a pdf on a page that is lesser then A4 size. The main reason for this kind of printing is that size reduction. Carrying a A4 PAGE book is not that handy most of the times.

For this we need to reduce the size of the page while printing. Unfortunately in Acrobat PDF Reader this option is not present.

For this we can use the the PDF-XChange Viewer free edition.

Download the PDF-XChange Viewer from http://www.tracker-software.com/product/downloads/

Select File->Print option and Select the Page Scaling as => Custom Scale and Page Zoon as 75% and Select Auto-Center pages in sheets

Please refer to the screen below

After this you can cut the extra white space using a paper cutter.

How to attach a pdf file to an email from a shell script

Write the following shell script ,

---
echo "Training Calendar on ` date +%d-%b-%Y` " > /tmp/mailmessage.txt
wget -O /tmp/blr.pdf http://xxx.xxxx.xxx.com/test.pdf
mutt -s "Training Calendar on ` date +%d-%b-%Y` " -a /tmp/trg_blr.pdf ravi.reddy@oracle.com < /tmp/mailmessage.txt
---

To change the from email address while using mutt
create a .muttrc in the users home directory if it doesnot exist, then enter the feild

set realname="ravi.reddy@oracle.com" this will change the name in the senders name .

How to Hide Username/Passwords in shell scripts

Please refer to this article for more details on this.

I have lot of shell scripts where I have to store my username and passwords for accessing the data. This is a big security rish as my passwords are exposed.

I need some executable which can convert my shell script to exe so that it will be difficult for the people to get my password.

Download the sources from http://www.datsi.fi.upm.es/%7Efrosal/sources/shc-3.8.6.tgz

Extract the tar file

tar xvfz shc-3.8.6.tgz

Make the executable

cd shc-3.8.6
make

cp shc to /usr/bin directory

I have a shell script which fetches some password protected pages , here
there is no other option for me other then embedding the password as the wget does
not support encrypted passwords

for example ,

cat getcookie.sh

#!/bin/ksh
/usr/bin/wget --keep-session-cookies --save-cookies=/home/ias/cookie.txt  -O /home/ias/dd.txt   --input-file=/home/ias/urls.txt --http-user=xx.xxx@test.com --http-password=xxxxxxx > /dev/null
cat /home/ias/cookie.txt  | grep test  | cut --fields=7 > /home/ias/cookie.txt

with the shc script I can convert the shell script as executable so that the passwords are hidden
from the people who has access to my unix system.

Run the shc command

shc -f getcookie.sh

This creates the getcookie.sh.c and getcookie.sh.x where .c is the c source file and .x is the executable.

Now run the getcookie.sh.x executable and change the password from the original getcookie.sh script.

Please refer to the http://blogs.koolwal.net/2009/01/20/howto-encrypting-a-shell-script-on-a-linux-or-unix-based-system/
for more details on this.

How to Upgrade samsung galaxy firmware

Actually many firmware are available for each area (Europe, Asia and America). Last firmware version are:

Europe: I5800XWJH2
Asia: I5801DDJG6
America: I5800LVIJG8

You can download the ODIN Multi Downloader from

http://download968.mediafire.com/skeyfniqhphg/gnzzbkix0nd/Odin4_03-Spica_ops.zip

Flashing with ODIN it's very simple (sorry for picture):

Before running this utility you need to set the samsung phone in the download firmware mode , for this press

Home+VolDown+Power and hold this for about 30 seconds to 1 minute

In the ODIN screen ,

1) Select "One Package"
2) Select OPS file for I5801 (apollo.ops)

Create apollo.ops file with the following contents ,

0,boot
1,Sbl
2,logo
3,efs
4,zImage
5,factoryfs
6,datafs
7,cache
8,
9,modem

3) In one package select the firmware that you want to flash. (I5801DDJG6.tar) Download the firmware from http://uploading.com/files/1314471a/I5801DDJG6.rar/

4) Start

In about five minutes your mobile will be upgrades.

Setup XMail Server on Windows

Please refer to the link http://www.halfdone.com/Articles/XMailInstall/ for more details on this.

Here are the simplified steps to configure the XMail Server’s on Windows Machine

1. Download the XMail Server from http://www.xmailserver.org     

2. Extract this to a directory say C:\xmail-1.27

3. Copy the exe’s and dll’s to C:\xmail-1.27\MailRoot\bin directory

4. Create the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\GNU\XMAIL. Create the Sting (REG_SZ) values called MAIL_ROOT and MAIL_CMD_LINE. For the value of MAIL_ROOT put in the "MailRoot folder" location like C:\xmail-1.27\MailRoot. For MAIL_CMD_LINE you can leave it blank or put in "-Pl -Sl -Ql -Fl -Cl -Ll"

5. Here we are using the default domain , that is xmailserver.test , so no need to modify the configuration files.

6. Run xmcrypt.exe to create an encoded password. It's used in the format of XMCRYPT.EXE <password>.

xmcrypt.exe welcome1

1100161115041616120a1701

7. Open the file C:\xmail-1.27\MailRoot\ctrlaccounts.tab and enter the following values "admin" <tab>   "120009060a080054"

8.  User and alias creation

Check the domain

ctrlclnt -s localhost -u admin -p welcome1 domainlist "xmailserver.test"

Create two domain users

ctrlclnt -s localhost -u admin -p welcome1 useradd "xmailserver.test" test1 welcome1 U
ctrlclnt -s localhost -u admin -p welcome1 useradd "xmailserver.test" test2 welcome1 U

Check the users

ctrlclnt -s localhost -u admin -p welcome1 userlist "xmailserver.test"

Create aliases for these two users

ctrlclnt -s localhost -u admin -p welcome1  aliasadd  "xmailserver.test" test1 ravi1
ctrlclnt -s localhost -u admin -p welcome1  aliasadd  "xmailserver.test" test2 ravi2

Check the aliases for these users

ctrlclnt -s localhost -u admin -p welcome1 aliaslist

9. Set up the POP3 email server and SMTP Outgoing server from Thunderbird. For the POP3 accounts set the SMTP Server as the localhost:25