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Python IDE Research – May 2017

April 27, 2017 Ricky Adams

Comparison of Various Python IDEs As of May 2017, I have only actively used Idle and Pyzo, but have tried a many more. Idle – Pyzo – Canopy – Spyder … (more coming) Canopy Express By downloading Canopy you acknowledge your acceptance of all the terms and conditions of the applicable license. v1.7.4 Documentation Platform Python Released Size MD5 Linux [64-bit] 2.7 download 2016-07-21 619.8 MB a2510ac37a4ab3079ea4aa728ff31b0e macOS [64-bit] 2.7 download 2016-07-21 437.3 MB 889a2e2beb7dfd8e77b40ba8f603b387 Windows [64-bit] 2.7 download…

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Processing Excel Files in Python Using XLRD (Documentation)

April 27, 2017 Ricky Adams

xlrd 1.0.0 documentation Handling of Unicode Dates in Excel spreadsheets Named references, constants, formulas, and macros Formatting information in Excel Spreadsheets Loading worksheets on demand XML vulnerabilities and Excel files API Reference Installation Instructions Development Changes Acknowledgements Licenses xlrd Docs » xlrd 1.0.0 documentation Edit on GitHub xlrd documentation¶ xlrd is a library for reading data and formatting information from Excel files, whether they are .xls or .xlsx files. Handling of Unicode¶ This package presents all text strings as…

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Kill Processes from Command Prompt in Windows

April 26, 2017 Ricky Adams

Kill Processes from Command Prompt I’m sure you are familiar with the traditional way to kill or end a process in Windows using Task Manager. This method is effective but not nearly as fun as killing a process in Command Prompt. Additionally, killing processes in Command Prompt provides much more control and the ability to end multiple processes at once. All of this is possible with the TaskKill command. First, let’s cover the basics. You can kill a process by…

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Installing Third-Party Python Modules

April 25, 2017 Ricky Adams

Installing Third-Party Modules Beyond the standard library of modules packaged with Python, other developers have written their own modules to extend Python’s capabilities even further. The primary way to install third-party modules is to use Python’s pip tool. This tool securely downloads and installs Python modules onto your computer from https://pypi.python.org/, the website of the Python Software Foundation. PyPI, or the Python Package Index, is a sort of free app store for Python modules. The pip Tool The executable file…

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Using Python with Excel Spreadsheets with OpenPyXL

April 25, 2017 Ricky Adams

Working with Excel Spreadsheets Excel is a popular and powerful spreadsheet application for Windows. The openpyxl module allows your Python programs to read and modify Excel spreadsheet files. For example, you might have the boring task of copying certain data from one spreadsheet and pasting it into another one. Or you might have to go through thousands of rows and pick out just a handful of them to make small edits based on some criteria. Or you might have to…

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Configuring JIRA for Email Feeds

April 19, 2017 Ricky Adams

Configuring JIRA applications to receive email from a POP or IMAP mail server To enable JIRA to create comments and issues from email, you need to first configure JIRA to receive email from a POP or IMAP mail server as described below. Note: For all of the following procedures, you must be logged in as a user with the JIRA Administrators global permission. Add or edit a POP or IMAP mail server Choose > System. Select Mail > Incoming Mail to open the Incoming Mail page….

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How to setup cifs mounts in autofs using kerberos authentication on RedHat Linux

April 19, 2017 Ricky Adams

How to setup cifs mounts in autofs using kerberos authentication Solution Verified – Updated March 6 2017 at 2:24 AM – English No translations currently exist. Environment Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Please Note: Kerberos support for CIFS mounts is considered Tech Preview in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. See 5.8 Technical Notes for more information. Issue How to setup cifs mounts in autofs using kerberos authentication? Configuration for authentication to cifs shares with a kerberos ticket. Resolution using sssd…

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Linux CIFS AutoFS (automount) using Kerberos Authentication and kinit

April 19, 2017 Ricky Adams

Setup Linux CIFS AutoFS (automount) using kerberos authentication March 5, 2015 ~ tatroc2015 Written using CentOS 6, Windows 2012 Active Directory This guide was written assuming you already have Kerberos authentication working. In this post I will describe how to mount a Windows CIFS share from a Linux system using Kerberos authentication to a Windows Active Directory domain. In addition, the users credentials will be stored securely in a keytab file. Step 1. verify you can get a Kerberos ticket kinit…

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