If you get the following errors after installing Dovecot with MySQL support on FreeBSD 10: Jul 24 10:17:28 ramrod dovecot: auth: Error: auth: environment corrupt; missing value for DOVECOT_ Jul 24 10:17:28 ramrod dovecot: auth: Fatal: unsetenv(RESTRICT_SETUID) failed: Bad address Jul 24 10:17:28 ramrod dovecot: master: Error: service(auth): command startup failed, throttling for 60 secs […]
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If you want to specify DHCP option 66 to point your Grandstream phones to a subdirectory on the TFTP server, simply use a value like the following in option 66: ‘192.168.1.1/grandstream’ – note there is no protocol. Only use a protocol for HTTP or HTTPS.
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First, install the OVF Tool. Then, run the tool. The syntax looks like this: /Applications/VMware\ OVF\ Tool/ovftool –acceptAllEulas /path/to/file.ovf /Users/username/Documents/Virtual\ Machines.localized/vmname.vmwarevm/vmname.vmx If you see errors about virtual hardware not being supported, you can add the –lax parameter to the command line.
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openssl req -new -newkey rsa:2048 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout key.pem -out cert.pem -sha256
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To revert to your previous commit in Subversion, you’ll need the current revision number and the previous revision number, then: svn update svn merge -r 756:742 . svn commit -m “Rolled back to previous commit (r742)”
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AirPrint is a cool technology, but what if you have printers that aren’t officially supported? Here’s how to make it work. Note that this was done on FreeBSD 10.1. This may work on other operating systems, but package installation and filesystem paths will be different.
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I was trying to set up a fail2ban jail for wordpress inside a FreeBSD jail, but I just couldn’t get the rules to match. The fail2ban instance was running on the host machine, checking a log inside the jail. Turns out the time zone in the jail was incorrect, and fail2ban was not matching log
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I’ve decided that I want to build a repeater controller using an Arduino. I’ve been wanting to learn Arduino for a while, and this seems like a great excuse. There are a lot of great repeater controllers out there already – I am a big fan of the SCOM 7330 – but they’re pricey, and
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If you are running a transparent HTTP proxy on your network, you may have trouble with running Internet Recovery and Apple Hardware Test on Macs that support it. You’ll see a “-4403D” or “-4403F” error. For some reason, Apple’s servers return a 403 when they see the “via” header that many proxy servers send. Here’s
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I’ve been trying to install Mountain Lion in as a guest in Parallels 7, and I kept getting stuck at the initial grey Apple logo. To fix it, I just changed the number of CPUs to 2, and it booted right up. Other documents I’ve seen have indicated that you need to increase the video
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