@scottalanmiller said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

@Dashrender said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

@scottalanmiller said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

@Dashrender said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

@scottalanmiller said in Error on Avimark Server: "fail to initialize the LT DLL":

So we don't have an answer yet, might take a while. But what we found that Active Directory was disconnecting because of a bad manual DNS entry. We've fixed that and are waiting to see if the issue recurs.

Do we assume there was DRM that was failing? lol

I'm not aware of any DRM. Is there something pointing to that that makes you assume that?

No - it was a simple guess as to what the program would want/need DNS for, assuming DNS is reason it was failing.

I assume it needs DNS for AD and it needs AD for SMB and needs SMB for the system files.

I just looked this stuff up - it's Vet software - for some reason I thought it was video editing software.

@maximus said in How to use "the Dude" network monitoring?:

Happy New Year Sir.

And to you as well.

@Obsolesce said in Unpacking Some NTG History:

@scottalanmiller said in Unpacking Some NTG History:

Doing some unpacking and found some old stuff. No idea why this was boxed and kept.

Because we know your love of Windows is a dark kept secret.

And Quickbooks 😛

@wrx7m said in Load balancer inside firewall or not...:

Wasn't pfsense in production, I guess I would say, "frowned upon"?

PfSense is awesome. Avoid turning into a UTM so it can stay stable.

@dbeato I forgot you are an MSP.

@marcinozga said in Linux partitioning:

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@JaredBusch said in Linux partitioning:

@marcinozga said in Linux partitioning:

Last option on that screen. Why? Because if your root partition fills up, your system won't boot. Having /var on separate partition reduces that risk. Think of a bad app creating gigabytes of log entries, or writing junk to database.

Better solution, don't use bad apps

You never know if an app or kernel update doesn't go nuts. Here's an example of bad kernel module causing writing gigs of logs in minutes: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/195360/my-var-log-is-mysteriously-filling-up-gbs-in-minutes-any-cure-before-i-re-ins

Sure it's possible, but how many times do we see this sort of thing in normal use day to day? This is the first one I've heard of in years.

Used to happen more often because bad programming was more common.

Take Ubuntu for example, it will fill up /boot after a few kernel upgrades, so anything is possible.

That's a known badly implemented system. IE bad programming. Don't use it.

Also, it has nothing to do with /var filling up.

It's just an example of partition filling up, doesn't matter which one. It proves the point that it does happen.

In your example, they are causing a new problem because they've implemented your solution to the problem.

No, it would've had the same outcome if /boot wasn't on separate partition, but under root. Eventually it would've filled up entire disk with old kernel versions. The main point is to prevent root partition from filling up, not any other mount point.

That's not really true. That's making a lot of assumptions. In reality...

It would not likely ever fill up. The scales are so different. This is where creating a separate /boot actually CREATES the risk. The very pattern you are trying to follow is the one causing the issue.

It has lots and lots of chances for humans AND monitoring systems to catch and resolve it long before becoming an issue. This should have years, typically, to be flagged rather than filling up in a day or two.

@PhlipElder said in Intel NUC:

http://blog.mpecsinc.ca/2014/04/intel-nuc-wall-mount-monitor-and-nuc.html

I'm going to try the Chromestick first. at $80, it's worth a shot. Plan B will be an Intel Stick. Now I need to head to Costco to grab a TV!

@DustinB3403

Did you ever figure out the issue with the RX20's?

@gjacobse said in Google Family Link: Control Chromebook:

They likely won't use Youtube or Youtube Kids... They already watch that on iPads and a laptop.. so they truely don't need yet another device to YT on ..

They also don't need Netflix - again.. on other devices and we want to be able to control some of what they get to.

Besides controlling what they can download from Google Play store, I would just worry about blocking websites. Either stick with blocking mature sites or only allow certain sites.

@JaredBusch hi,

I'm definitely resetting the Http server after every processing, I even started it again. I didn't succeed

I checked opcache with a small Php script. Opcache works successfully But Nextcloud does not see it.

@JaredBusch said in Install IceHRM on Fedora 29:

Going to be a heck of a learning curve for my client.

They have zero HR currently. They are implementing their first HR person (existing employee with new part time duties).

Cost to much for your client to use something like ADP?

@scottalanmiller said in FreePBX Error /var/spool/asterisk/cache is not writeable:

These commands assume that you are logged in as root. If you are not, be sure to prepend with sudo.

Or use root like a man, it'll put hair on your chest, even if you're a woman... so watch out I guess.

@NerdyDad said in Changing NICs in virtual servers:

Here is the actual code in a more searchable context, sterilized for general use.

Very useful! Thanks!

@G-I-Jones I like Windows 7 a lot, but since the things are moving forward we all will use something new instead very soon. Just remember how people wanted to stay on Windows XP, but finally updated their OS. The same will happen with Windows 7 and most of users will move on Windows 10 or will choose another option 😉

@maximus
I believe you can take as a basis the script, published in this article: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resource-library/starwind-virtual-san-gentle-shutdown-with-powerchute
I hope it will be useful for you 🙂
Merry Christmas!

Dealing with A Small Orange scams right now. They have a racket going where they send invoices to old accounts, claim accounts were not cancelled years later, but have the accounts deactivated so that you cannot log in, you can't even do a password reset. But they claim that they cannot cancel the account (which didn't even exist) without us giving them a credit card and setting up the account again! Nice racket. If you go to their website and go to "Contact Us", that's exclusively for customers. So if you have an account issue, screw you.

So their system is designed around slamming. They fake an account, and then claim you don't have authorization to cancel it. Very convenient.

@huzefa22 said in Same subdomain name internal and external i have an issue with the DNS, specifically emails:

@Dashrender when i ping mail.abc.xyz.com i don't get a reply, the SOA is the primary and the secondary domain on the local domain. i don't know if this is what you were asking.

Regards,
Huzefa

Never test DNS with ping. Test with nslookup. Whether you can ping or not is a factor of many things, DNS just one of them and only sometimes. nslookup tests DNS and nothing else.

@StorageNinja said in Why I Feel KVM Is the Easiest HyperVisor to Learn the Basics On:

@Dashrender said in Why I Feel KVM Is the Easiest HyperVisor to Learn the Basics On:

The question is - why is the quality so bad? Isn't the process supposed to catch bad quality?

Their process is consider the windows insider group (extreme power users) to be a good enough replacement for proper QE teams, and writing automated build tests.

Right, the new process isn't to catch bad things, it's actually to see bad things as "not all that bad." Presumably because a shift from viewing their products as being for business to being for entertainment. Remember when Windows 95 was a key tool for businesses, but by Windows 98 they had made sure to put a "for entertainment purposes only" label on the product to make sure no one confused it with something that was intended for business use?

I feel like that's where they are now. At least internally, no one is really thinking of this as a business tool.