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@scottalanmiller said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

@maxi5005 said in Comparing MeshCentral 2 to ScreenConnect:

I really need to get in the habit of checking every day...

Or set it to update automatically.

I would also set up AutoBackup too.

@scottalanmiller said in Who do you use for your domain registrar?:

I use GoDaddy to register, and then transfer to CloudFlare.

I register with Namecheap and then transfer to Cloudfare too.

This is what I do when I use nohup.
I usually create a file with the current pid just in case I need to stop it.

nohup wget 'https://example.com/fedora.iso' > wget_fedora.log 2>&1 &
echo $! > wget_fedora_pid.txt

kill -9 `cat wget_fedora_pid.txt`
rm wget_fedora_pid.txt

Are you able to boot into the rescue boot menu?

@JaredBusch said in Fedora 31 stuck in a boot loop:

managed to boot into recovery mode and get an IP from a USB ethernet dongle.

I ran through the instructions fine on that link, but then step 5 was a link to another page that stated to run grub2-install /dev/sda

Well that puked on the nowEFI thing. Google told me I needed to dnf install grub2-efi-x64-modules.

Now it dies and says grub2-install: error: cannot find EFI directory

These look to be more up to date with more details.
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/bootloading-with-grub2/
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2

You would need something like this expensive product.
https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/products/security/identity-services-engine/index.html

@IRJ said in Policies vs Network Access Control:

I kind of agree with @scottalanmiller in principal, but from a business point of view this is so ass backwards that it isn't really fixable with any IT tool(s)

• IT staff heads need roll. They so fundamentally failed their job at this point there is no way you can trust the leadership of IT to fix this. I mean its so far behind what we usually call poor IT.

• Policies and Procedures must be drafted and reviewed by management and employees. It is important that every involved manager and employee signs that they have read, understand, and agree to follow said policies and procedures.

• This is likely going to take at least a year to begin this process because you have to first of all implement proper controls, then implement policies and procedures, and finally get complete buy in from everyone and force them to read and sign everything.

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@stacksofplates said in Spin VMs quickly with KVM + virt-sysprep:

I usually use virt-builder to build the image, and then I can clone from that. Then you have nice really small images to build from.

Have you ever created your own repo using virt-builder-repository?

@jmoore said in Hypervisors: revisit your choices!:

@krisleslie said in Hypervisors: revisit your choices!:

@jmoore I want to know which book I need to check it out

This one here.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/178829467X/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I had trouble with a few of the exercises but not many. I'm sure there are more current things now too but this was a starting point for me and I plan to do more someday. It did give me a really good idea of how things work in the background. I'm a book person too, I went over every example.

https://www.packtpub.com/virtualization-and-cloud/kvm-virtualization-cookbook
$44.99 comes with print and ebook.

Microsoft Rogue Check Tool
https://www.tachytelic.net/2019/05/detect-rogue-dhcp-server/

@IRJ said in Very Slow Sudo:

I am on a Ubuntu 18.04 system that is very slow when issuing any command via sudo. It can take 30 seconds for the command to complete. Any other command is completed instantaneously.

The system has very little CPU and memory usage with no resource issues over a very long period of time. If I do sudo su and switch to root, I am able to run commands simultenously. It is only an issue when running sudo

Is this a Desktop or Server?

Which terminal emulator are you using?

@DustinB3403 said in Unix Command line - Printer Details:

lpstat

lpoptions -p PrinterName | grep 'printer-make-and-model='

@DustinB3403 said in Unix Command line - Printer Details:

Here is the completed command.

lpoptions -p <NAME> | grep -o "printer-make-and-model='Your Printer make and Model"

That outputs the exact detail I needed!

lpoptions -p SHCSL_209_ColorPrinter | sed -r "s/^.*(printer-make-and-model.*)'.*$/\1/g; s/'//g; s/printer-make-and-model=//g"

This will remove all the unnecessary text, printer-make-and-model=, and the single quotes.

@JaredBusch said in Windows 7 End of Life Countdown:

@IRJ said in Windows 7 End of Life Countdown:

Non-genuine and unsupported are different in my eyes, but whatever Microsoft

Maybe Balmer was beating on a keyboard for that one.

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I was able to move away from active directory because the requirements and the way the computers was used had changed. They became more of a kiosk workstations.

If its ok to add volunteer work on your resume why not include part time consultant jobs too?

Windows 10 comes with its own drivers like Microsoft PCL6 Class Driver but that's PCL6.
Have you tried installing one of the old HP Universal Printer Drive PCL5?

@wrx7m said in Windows Server 2016 RDS - GPO for Disabling Windows Update Notifications for Non-Admins/Users?:

@black3dynamite said in Windows Server 2016 RDS - GPO for Disabling Windows Update Notifications for Non-Admins/Users?:

@wrx7m Is that a computer configuration or user configuration policy? Try applying the rules to only non-admins groups.

Yeah, it is at the computer level. I would like to do it via user config but I only want them to apply to users on the RD servers. I need to figure out the proper way to structure AD/GPOs to not screw up everything else.

I am guessing creating another OU as a sub container and move the RD servers into.

Edit: Since it isn't GPP, there isn't any item level targeting, so I can't do it that way.

If you can make those changes directly in the registry, maybe can allow you to use GPP and item level targeting.

Interviewer: I noticed you listed some moonlighting jobs on the side. Would you care to elaborate?
Me: Sure! I am the terror (that bitch slaps in the night)! I am your worst nightmare! I am Black3Dynamite!

Days later...

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Me:

@Emad-R said in Using GNU\Linux on your workstation is rubbish:

if you want to connect to linux SSH using mRemoteNG or Cmder

Windows 10 comes with a native SSH client and server. SSH client is enable by default.