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Author: halfgaar
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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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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Nginx maintenance page
Just some example code for an nginx maintenance page:
server {
listen 80;
listen 443 ssl;
server_name www.example.com;
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Softstarter (ballast start) relay charred after years of use
This is an interesting case. I made a sound system for a friend in 2012. In it is a soft-starter, that engages the heavy transformer through a ballast, so that the fuse doesn't trip. This is it:
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