Autofs mount Samba shares on Linux Mint Debian Squeeze

There is a problem with autofs on Linux Mint Debian (Squeeze?) - the auto.smb file does not cater for the credentials file.  To fix you can download an updated auto.cifs file, see:
http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=240811

Also edit the /etc/auto.master file to include the line:
/media/smb     /etc/auto.cifs  --ghost

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Error observed in /var/log/syslog before this file was corrected:
*Enter root's password

Linux get resolution in VNC/XRDP

Trying to get the resolution in a virtual display on Debian Squeeze, xrandr returns error:
 "extension missing on display"

Instead, use the xwininfo program:

width=`xwininfo -root | grep Width | awk '{ print $2}'`
height=`xwininfo -root | grep Height | awk '{ print $2}'`

Ref: http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/121

Asterisk GUI on Debian Squeeze

Installation of FreePBX has many dependencies and is a very involved install.  An alternative is to use Digium's Asterisk-GUI, which doesn't seem to install by default in Debian.

cd /usr/src
svn co http://svn.digium.com/svn/asterisk-gui/branches/2.0 asterisk-gui
cd asterisk-gui
./configure
make
make install
make checkconfig

*Need to fix http location:
mv /usr/share/asterisk/static-http /usr/share/asterisk/static-http_orig
ln -s /var/lib/asterisk-gui/static-http /usr/share/asterisk/static-http


*Need to enable Asterisk HTTP:
nano /etc/asterisk/http.conf
    -> enable, bind, enable static, etc.
nano /etc/asterisk/manager.conf
  [admin]
  secret=password
  read=system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user,config,originate,read,write
  write=system,call,log,verbose,command,agent,user,config,originate,read,write

*Need to fix permissions on folders
  cd /var/lib
    chown asterisk asterisk -R
    chgrp asterisk asterisk -R

/etc/init.d/asterisk restart

http://localhost:8088/static/config/index.html
*password reset forced (hack /etc/asterisk/manager.conf & set to *not* "password" if necessary)

Internet Explorer (IE) can't access HTTPS websites

Occurred on a Terminal Server after copying user profiles after a migration.  Internet Explorer (IE7 & IE8) were unable to browse any SSL HTTPS website, "Unable to load the page", if logged in as an ordinary user.  Okay if logged in as a local administrator.

Displaying the local SBS CA certificate as the user also showed an error that the certificate could not be validated.

The cause of the problem was a registry permission on HKCU\Software\Policies\Microsoft
- because this is where Group Policy gets applied the user only has explicit Read access; because the profile had been copied the explicit permission on the registry was incorrect.  To fix use regedit to load the hive and add the correct user with Read access.