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Introducing MQTT server FlashMQ version 0.5.0
Introducing my the MQTT server that I've been working on, FlashMQ. I'm starting with test version 0.5.0. It's ready for some testing and benchmarks, and of course development will continue. Read More »
Disable roaming profile for one user on a Samba domain controller
Sometimes you want to mix users with and without a roaming profile. As found here, you can use Samba's pdbedit to set the "Profile Path" to empty:
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Exhaling on YouTube
I've created a YouTube channel separate from my private account and branded it “BigSmoke”. The channel's purpose is to breathe some fresh air into some online discussions that I follow(ed). Actually, the content is the sort of content that I used to want to put more of on BigSmoke, but which I now found to be better suited for long-form discussions than for laying down my views from some ivory tower.
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Icinga 2 dependencies, downtimes and host/service unreachability
There are a few gotchas you have to be aware of when working with Icinga 2 dependencies and downtimes.
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Speed up xsltproc xhml – install DTDs
I keep forgetting which package to install in Ubuntu to get the DTDs for html, to stop xsltproc from hanging forever. So, for posterity: w3c-sgml-lib. I think it was w3c-dtd-xhtml in Ubuntu 16 and older. Read More »
Setting up a Zimbra authenticated proxy
On March 18th, Synacor posted about a critical Zimbra security vulnerability (CVE 2019 9670), which was quick to be exploited in the wild, and subsequently evolved to be harder to erradicate.
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Programming my friend’s remote
I built a sound system for a friend, and programmed Philips RC5 remote control into the microcontroller. I recently ordered this remote:
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Git and Tig config base
Here's just a quick .gitconfig:
[core]
commentchar = %
[tig "color"]
date = cyan black bold
diff-header = cyan black
[tig]
ignore-case = yes
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Attempt to repair short on motherbord
At work, we had a small embedded PC that had a short in the mainboard. I attempted a fix, mostly for educational purposes. It wasn't successful, but I wanted to post the method and result anyway. The method I used is elaborately explained on Youtube, so go hunt there for more details.
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Garbled screen in tmux on Ubuntu 18.04 in Konsole
There is a bug in Konsole with tmux: lines often aren't cleared properly. To fix, put this in tmux.conf:
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