The command dig is a tool for querying name servers for information about various records like A, MX, NS, and related information.

dig live.com
; <<>> DiG 9.3.6-P1-RedHat-9.3.6-4.P1.el5_4.2 <<>> live.com
;; global options:  printcmd
;; Got answer:
;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 11278
;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 0, ADDITIONAL: 0

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Steps for recovering mysql password are given below:
Stop the mysql service.
#/etc/init.d/mysql stop
Once, the mysql service completely stopped, run the below.
#/usr/bin/mysqld_safe –skip-grant-tables –skip-networking &
You will be now able to login without password.

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Forgot your WordPress admin password, no issues. You can reset this from your cPanel.

Steps are as follows:

1. Login to cPanel

2. Navigate to phpMyAdmin

3. Click the database associated with your WordPress.

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Command to find the number of mails in queue

exim –bpc

Command to show configuration file of exim

exim –bP

Command to show the version and configuration file

exim –bV

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For our LDAP server we will be using the very flexible OpenLDAP Server (slapd).
# Install the software.
apt-get install slapd ldap-utils migrationtools
# Answer the on-screen prompts with:
Admin password: *****
Confirm password: *****
# We need to configure OpenLDAP now.
dpkg-reconfigure slapd
# Answer the on-screen prompts with:
No
DNS domain name: example.local
Name of your organization: example.local
Admin password: *****
Confirm password: *****
OK
BDB
No
Yes
No
# Restart OpenLDAP.
/etc/init.d/slapd restart