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I'm attempting to establish a SSH tunnel to an AWS EC2 instance using: ssh -i ~/aws_rsa.pem -ND 8157 hadoop@ec2-xx-xx-xxx-xxx.us-east-1.compute.amazonaws.com

From the debug log below, it appears the session stalls after authentication. Does anyone have any suggestions on possible resolutions?

debug1: Local connections to LOCALHOST:8157 forwarded to remote address socks:0
debug1: Local forwarding listening on ::1 port 8157.
debug1: channel 0: new [port listener]
debug1: Local forwarding listening on 127.0.0.1 port 8157.
debug1: channel 1: new [port listener]
debug1: Requesting no-more-sessions@openssh.com
debug1: Entering interactive session.
debug1: pledge: network
debug1: client_input_global_request: rtype hostkeys-00@openssh.com want_reply 0

I have a 'desktop' java application which is in the form of a .jar file.

How can I:

1. Store this application on a single server.
2. Grant access via Terminal Services to a specific OU to run this application from the central location.
3. Disallow the copying or moving of the application (jar file) to any other location.
4. Allow the saving/copying/moving of the output of the application on an authorized user's local drive.

Recently, 1 out 4 disks in my RAID 5 array failed. I searched for a replacement part and learned that only a newer version of the hard disk is available. This "newer" version has the exact same specs as it's predecessor. When I called the customer service department to order the replacement part the tech vehemently claimed that the newer version of the HD woud most likely NOT work in the RAID array. I was surprised by this claim, I thought the newer version would most likely work.

So the question is, will the "newer" version of the HD (with the same specs as the other HDs) work in the RAID 5 array?

Server Details

• Manufacturer and Model #: Dell PowerEdge 2900
• SCSI and RAID Controllers: PERC 5/i Integrated RAID Controller
• HD: Western Digital Caviar Blue 160GB Part #: WD1600JS (Newer
  Version Part #: WD1600AAJS)

I have an OU named "Asia" wherein I've set regional settings via a GPO named "Asian Settings." This GPO is linked to the "Asia" OU and the link is enabled. However, when I run gpresult the log indicates that the "Asian Settings" GPO was NOT applied nor was it filtered out. I've tried gpupdate but that didn't resolve the problem. Can anyone explain why the GPO is not being applied to the OU and what I need to do in order to have it applied?

The server that hosts my terminal service is set to use dd/mm/yyyy and Pounds for currency. When I login as a user instead of getting the aforementioned settings I get mm/dd/yyyy and Dollars for currency; however, if I login as an administrator, the expected setting are used. Does anyone know what to do in order to have non-administrator users get the desired settings of dd/mm/yyyy and Pounds? Thanks.