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Pi-hole Query Log Empty

by on Mar.08, 2025, under Linux

# systemctl stop pihole-FTL

# rm /etc/pihole/pihole-FTL.db*

# systemctl start pihole-FTL

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Functional Synology DSM 7.0 VPN Server

by on Jul.10, 2022, under Apple, iOS, iPhone, Linux, Security

Synology VPN Server

Forward ports 500, 1701, 4500 to server

VPN Server: Enable L2TP/IPSec, confirm Authentication is MS-CHAP v2, and set pre-shared key, enable user permissions for L2TP

IPad/IPhone VPN Client: L2TP w/ secret

Windows VPN Client: L2TP/IPSec with pre-shared key

Windows VPN Adapter Options:

Set VPN adapter Security Tab to Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol with IPSec (L2TP/IPSec)

Set Requires encryption (disconnect if server declines)

Set “Allow these protocols” and enable Microsoft CHAP Version 2 (MS-CHAP v2)

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bogus intrusion attempt

by on Mar.28, 2016, under Linux, Red Hat

Active log file changed? No way!

[root@entbamboo01 logs]# tmpwatch –test –mtime +7 –nodirs /opt/bamboo/atlassian-bamboo-5.9.7/logs/*log
error: directory /opt/bamboo/atlassian-bamboo-5.9.7/logs/catalina.2015-10-20.log changed right under us!!!
error: this indicates a possible intrusion attempt

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HP DV6000 Linux Webcam

by on Jan.23, 2016, under Hardware, Linux, Mint

Installation
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1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:r5u87x-loader/ppa
2. sudo apt-get update
3. sudo apt-get install r5u87x
4. sudo /usr/share/r5u87x/r5u87x-download-firmware.sh

Cheese, etc, should now detect the camera.

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find wwn disk id on redhat hat fiber card

by on Dec.09, 2015, under Linux

find WWN for red hat fiber
cd /sys/class/scsi_host;for i in 0 1 2 3 4 5; do cat host$i/device/fc_host/host$i/port_name; done

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