@IRJ said in Windows 10 changes default application:

How are you using this? Logon script?

No - I haven't done anything with them yet.

If anything I think I will put them in my GP.

This is text

this isnt

Does this do anything

Hello

@Dashrender said in isc-dhcp-server not handing out ip to PXE request:

connect a windows/linux machine and see if those get the DHCP assignments. If not, are you sure the server is handing out IPs?

It was, but it doesn't matter at this point. I've changed my project.

Just going to perform a clean XS install onto some hardware, and make a copy of my working VM into that.

This system hasn't been used in 6-8 months so trying to dig into it is worthless. (also its bare metal install)

@coliver said in TPB planning to use drones:

@scottalanmiller said in TPB planning to use drones:

@coliver said in TPB planning to use drones:

I wonder why they aren't using LTA drones for this. Google was proposing this for Africa just suspend neutrally buoyant balloons with GPS so that they can remain in place with some lightweight electric motors.

I thought that Google's were going to drift and needed a lot of them because of that. Google was not trying to remain in international waters.

I think you're right. They had a means of using GPS and electric motors to anchor them in place but that wouldn't help in a lot of instances in the continental US.

Those balloons use the small electric motors to pump more normal air into a compartment inside the balloon to descend, and pump air out of the compartment to ascend. Just by moving into different air currents, it's feasible to keep a balloon withing a limited airspace (assuming you can change altitude, which normally means staying well above airline cruising level.)

@scottalanmiller You have to take the RHCSA to get the RHCE.....

@dafyre said in Sudoing a user in centOS:

@scottalanmiller said in Sudoing a user in centOS:

To use sudo on CentOS you...

Add the appropriate users to the wheel group in /etc/group

Uncomment the following line in /etc/sudoers

%wheel ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Does that allow the user to sudo without having to enter a password?

Correct.

In larger teams, you normally have 24x7 staff. So the reboot schedule goes to the current shift to monitor. It's only shops that lack round the clock scheduling that have this as a real issue, and if you don't have 24x7, shouldn't you be outsourcing to a shop that does if you really need that at all? I think that this normally (maybe not always) becomes a problem when you are dealing with layers and layers of other problems like not having enough IT staff to properly staff a department without causing unnecessary cost and risk and choosing not to outsource to an MSP/ITSP that could do this cost effectively.

@scottalanmiller said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:

@Seitan said in Has Anyone Played with KVM-VDI?:

@dafyre yes, you can create regular machines - they are called "simple machines". But still KVM-VDI is more vdi oriented.

Since the KVM market lacks a good, solid, standard GUI management option like XenServer has in XenOrchestra, that might be a spot that KVM-VDI makes more sense than you might think at first glance.

That is why I was asking. I've got WebVirtmgr on my hosted system and it's... okay. It does the job, at least.

@DustinB3403 said in RDP support for VMs or Console only Access:

Opening up RDP access (not necessarily from the Internet) but in general just opens more ports, more firewall changes etc.

Sure, but granting unnecessary access to the console does that, too. You need access to the VMs from far more places than you need it to the console.

@GuillaumeDelaporte said in OpenIO:

@dafyre said in OpenIO:

@GuillaumeDelaporte So essentially any application that wants to be built using OpenIO (or any other Object storage) has to be prepared to build based around the REST API?

Yes, but applications and solutions which you can use are more and more compatible with this new style of storage (because it solves some problems you can face with other technologies).

And, of course, if you are building your own.

MangoLassi stores certain things in this manner, for example.

@dafyre said in UniFi controller will not start after upgrade to Ubuntu 16.04.01:

Win!

If I had realized that stable was not 5.0.X, I would have not changed to stable. Likely saving myself some steps.

I just use Screenshot, works great.

@wirestyle22 said in Hi Tech House Idea: Replacing Old Intercoms:

As far as pi screens go it depends on the type. I always buy capacitative and they are pricey. I would totally do that though. It would be great.

Thanks for the reminder! I've got everything working, just need to daemonize the video recording bit.

@scottalanmiller said in Unmanaged switch horror stories:

@Mike-Davis said in Unmanaged switch horror stories:

The discussion came up because we were copied on an email from one user to another where they told the user to run out and get a cheap switch so they could hook up their network printer and their computer.

Well yes, bypassing IT for any purchasing, especially core infrastructure, is ridiculous.

Right, this has nothing to do with the type of switch.

@scottalanmiller said in Linux - Run Script after reboot:

I might implement a script like this. Care to share the script itself?

Not back in till Wednesday but it's a simple one so far

Asks for a hostname on a prompt and runs hostnamectl
Then asks for ip to assign and runs a few sed commands to edit the cfg-eth0 file.

So the main idea is to run the command/script when root logs in next.

@WrCombs for Linux you install it like this...

https://mangolassi.it/topic/3241/installing-x2go-on-linux-mint-17-1

Same commands for 18.

@Breffni-Potter said in HP Elite x2 - HP's Microsoft Surface killer:

HP are fast heading into a don't buy list for me. Every time I deal with them or their products it is a head-ache.

I LOVE HP products, I like their ethos and I don't like Dell's sales tactics but too many things keep pushing me away.

Ha we've had the opposite. Dell has been kind of a disaster for us. Ha who knows.

Have you guys done any testing? Would like to hear what improvements you guys are seeing.