@gjacobse Thanks, I have tried the recommended ones from Microsoft, the diskpart now shows it is out of "read only" , but it is a false reading. I can access some of the data ( most data is saved to server)m but users always know better (LOL). Next I will try dd and see how that goes, I suspect I may (low probability) be able to "fix" the installation after running dd. Thanks again. I was hoping for something I had not heard/seen.

@dafyre of course. The aliases are email addresses, as the cronjob output needs to be emailed
to a few/several recipients. The script runs fine. I have zero issues with the script. It is just
the email aliases are not expanding ( /etc/aliases) .I am puzzled as it has worked fine for literally years.

@XYjacobsson That must be AWS Route 53, that's one of the few that requires that.

@pattonb said in isc-dhcp-server:

Now that isc-dhcp-server is officially eol, what is most/everybody using ?
isc-kea ? or ????

We use the firewalls dhcp server, which happens to use ics dhcp. But in either case there's no point in doing anything at the moment. Making a decision on a replacement is a couple of years away from now.

When distros deprecate the ics-dhcp package then it's time to see what options there are. We use debian and given each release lifecycle that will be a decision for debian 13 (the next, next release) which will probably happen late 2025.

@scottalanmiller said in ps2 to usb adapters:

analogue.

analogue, eh?

They use new batteries, from a 3rd parry, ( not official APC batteries) , I have used the same supplier/manufacturer and have had better results (https://www.magnacharge.com).
I was wondering/curious if it could be tied to the age of the UPS.

@JasGot ok cool, gotcha, it seemed the other way and just wanted to clarify.

@dbeato said in any zimbra specialists:

also Ubuntu 16.04 and ZImbra 8.8.12 are old and need to be updated.

General system admin rule of thumb.... always update before troubleshooting. There is a high chance that patching alone will resolve issues.

@gjacobse said in kdevtmpfsi malware:

That is malware I have not encountered. But, in many cases the first most direct and preferred way to deal with any malware is to:

Nuke it.

Reloading the OS can be faster and more reliable that trying to remove any malware / virus. All mainly due to time/cost.

Yup - I never attempt to recover a machine that's been infected - backup the data to an online source if possible - like onedrive or Box, etc... then pave the machine and start over.

@pattonb Have mercy! 🙀

Both CPUs and GPUs are very short in supply right now. At least the CPU prices aren't so insane as the GPU prices right now ($1000US for anything halfway decent).

the next thought is a faulty miniSAS SFF-8087 to 4x SATA cable but why would the WD gold drive work ?

@pattonb said in raid controller batteries:

@travisdh1 thanks, I was able to find a replacement, with module. less than $20, so I figure it is worth
the gamble. From a previous entry , the battery is Li-ion, not LI-polymer. The official documentation from LSI confirms it.
as happenstance would have it, just noticed this on twitter today, re li-polymer batteries

pic.twitter.com/FQxDGZo5L1

thanks everybody for your comments.

That goes for all lithium based batteries, and has been a known issue since they were first invented.
Youtube Video

@stacksofplates

works exactly as intended, my sincere appreciation.. Now I have to try and understand, the syntax
and what I missed. All I had to do was change prename to rename ( Debian distro)
thanks, kindly

@pattonb said in SEO primer:

@scottalanmiller Is Matomo,Open Web Analytics,AWStats of any value. I suspect am I asking as to whether tying into the Google World provide any advantage. or will the other software provide me with the data I need. as for as data , I only really need traffic, visits, pages, how long they stay, or pages they view. Basic ( in my mind) , to see whether traffic is increasing/decreasing , and which pages draw the most interest. The audience is local, services provided don't extend beyond the local area , pop, ~1.4 million

Matamo provides all this. It is what I use.

@Obsolesce Step1 was to get the printing working. Now that it is working, I will be investigating as to whether the PCL6 driver works, or the universal drivers. They have with other older HP printers, this particular one didn't. thus the reason I presented the situation to the group. I am appreciative of all responses

Inkscape can import cgm files.

@Dashrender said in rfc 2821 + postmaster:

@scottalanmiller said in rfc 2821 + postmaster:

@Dashrender said in rfc 2821 + postmaster:

@scottalanmiller said in rfc 2821 + postmaster:

@Dashrender said in rfc 2821 + postmaster:

It could be an alias - so it wouldn't have to be a paid account.

That's correct, but the actual postmaster isn't normally someone at the final company, but at the email provider.

Think about some small sewing business with two old ladies. They order email from Office 365. Which one of them should get the postmaster emails? Neither of them can do anything about them. Should their nephew, the IT guy get it? He's not responsible for their email or any of their decisions. Only Microsoft has any reasonable hope of using that info. So an alias would break the postmaster and send the emails to the wrong place.

OK sure, but in those cases, there really isn't a true cost to the hosting provider - they could build the system in such a way to not show the account to the account holder yet get the emails to the hosting provider. Yes this would take coding... but it's not impossible.

Right, and maybe they do. But I think that the issue is... no one does and it is unclear who is responsible for conforming to the "rule".

yeah - is the hosting provider or the client? both will/could say it's the other, and then it's simply never done.

And I think it shows that the concept might not be valid any longer. Neither is likely capable of doing anything valuable with that email.