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Header compression in HTTP 2 & 3
Great article on HTTP header compression from mnot
idmapd for NFSv4 doesn’t do what you think it does
After wasting a lot of time trying to remap UIDs for an NFS mount using idmapd, I came across this article. In summary: “The problems start when we want to access the file contents or modify a file/directory and suddenly we get ‘permission denied’ type messages. Now NFS itself doesn’t do the security authentication but …
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Understanding Production: What can you measure?
Good article that focuses on metrics in terms of supporting production.
Need to test java applets on Linux?
With Firefox ESR now dropping java plugin compatibility, install palemoon & link in java plugin.
The Command Line Rosetta Stone
A comparison for current operating systems inspired by the classic Unix Rosetta Stone
RDP to Windows 10 Home systems
To allow RDP to Win 10 Home you should: Copy rfxvmt.dll file into Windows\System32 Install RDP Wrapper (via zip, NOT MSI)
Skip building debuginfo files for rpm files
You can use a –define rpmbuild –define “debug_package %{nil}” -ba SPECS/original.spec
Fix D-link webcam interface for Apache reverse proxy
This is for the DCS-932LB1 but should work on others. Add the below to your reverse proxy configuration: ProxyPreserveHost On # fixes digest authentication RequestHeader set User-Agent “Mozilla/5.0 (compatible; MSIE 10.0; Windows NT 7.0; InfoPath.3; .NET CLR 3.1.40767; Trident/6.0; en-IN)” # Interface requires IE By doing this you can allow different browsers (Chrome, Firefox, etc) …
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Receive remote syslog in SystemD
A small python daemon to put remote syslog events in JournalD