INFOSEC

Friday, July 22, 2016

Testing Google Analytics.

Tuesday, September 04, 2012

URL to start/stop OIM scheduler

The URL to get to the 11g Scheduler to start/stop it is:

http~~://:/SchedulerService-web/status~~

Wednesday, July 25, 2012

SQL Query to get SID from Oracle Database

Sometimes you need SID in JDBC URL to connect to an Oracle database.

If you already have Service Name and other connection detail, you can connect to the database and query instance_name which is SID using the following query :

select INSTANCE_NAME from V$INSTANCE

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Search and remove .svn files recursively

You must have come across this problem before when someone sent you the code with lot of .svn folder inside it.

You can recursively remove those folder either using cygwin on windows machine or on any unix platform.

The command to remove .svn folder is:
find ./ -name .svn -exec rm -rf {} \;

Friday, November 06, 2009

Export database

To do OIM development on local VM, frequent DB backup is necessary. We need some simple way to export and import db.
To export Oracle DB use command:
exp system/password@sid file=dumpfile log=logfilename full=y

To import Oracle DB use command
imp system/password@sid file=dumpfile full=yes

Friday, September 04, 2009

Change password for user connected over remote desktop

Sounds like a simple post but it always takes sometime to figure out tricks in Windows.
I come across a scenario where I required to change password for user after connecting to windows 2003 over remote desktop.
I googled this and found vary easy solution
After connecting to server over RDC, Press CTL + ALT + End together and it will bring change password screen.
Thank you

Tuesday, August 04, 2009

Keep yourself current with Identity management

I am always amazed with power of google. Recently, I started using Google news alert to keep myself current with identity management industry. Now, everyday I receive at least one interesting story on identity management. Beyond Oracle-Sun-IBM, there are many small product companies and integrators who do very interesting work.

If you want to have same fun, go to http://www.google.com/alerts

Give following values in the form

Search Items: Identity management
Type: Comprehensive
How often: once a day
Deliver To: Your email address

Best Regards,
Nishi