Adjust Certwatch warning period
I set up my LetsEncrypt renewal cron to run just once a week. This causes certwatch to trip because it is set to alarm on any cert that needs to be renewed in < 30 days. to adjust the Certwatch … Continue reading →
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RDesktop on Fedora Mate Compiz
I installed Fedora Mate Compiz on my desktop machine – but I wanted to also be able to access the desktop remotely using RDP To do so – yum -y install xrdp firewall-cmd –permanent –zone=public –add-port=3389/tcp firewall-cmd –reload systemctl start … Continue reading →
How to disable web search in Windows 10’s start menu
I found it annoying every time I enter something into the search box in Windows 10 all sorts of useless items that are on the Internet pop up in the menu. So, I learned how to disable the web search … Continue reading →
Recover lost root password on Centos / Redhat version 7 or 8 systems
You will need console access – either a physical keyboard and monitor locally, or using the Virtual Machine remote console. You will need to be able to control the boot process. Reboot the machine. When the bootloader selection screen … Continue reading →
You can’t access this shared folder because your organization’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access
You are attempting to map a drive from a Windows 10 machine to a share on a Samba server and you get the message: You can’t access this shared folder because your organization’s security policies block unauthenticated guest access Cause: … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →systemctl restart someservice returns “Error: No space left on device”
If you have sufficient disk space and you are running Code42/Crashplan pro and you get “Error: No space left on device” when you use systemctl, this may be the fix Linux performs real-time file watching using the inotify API. Inotify … Continue reading →
Configuring DNAT on Juniper SRX300
I have a web server (10.9.21.17) behind my Juniper SRX firewall. I want to make it available to the Internet. I have one static public ip address (1.1.1.116) and it is bound to the interface facing the Internet edit security … Continue reading →
Alarms on your new Juniper equipment
You get your new Juniper switch configured, everything is working well then you notice the alarm light is on! Dont panic! First: Issue the command: root@switch> show system alarms and (hopefully) you will see one or more of the following: … Continue reading →
Turn off wifi radio in Linux / Centos
I have a few boxes that have built in wifi and I dont need it turned on. So I turn it off using the following command nmcli radio wifi off To make sure the wifi radio stays turned off in … Continue reading →