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Ubuntu 9.04 + Sarg + Squid – No Reports

Sarg is a Squid Report Generator that scans your Squid logs and generates html reports that are available via a web page. I have used sarg for years on Redhatian boxes with no troubles. My issues started when I moved to Ubuntu as my Squid Proxy. No Daily, Weekly or...

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Customize Squid Error Messages

If you edit the cache_mgr value in /etc/squid/squid.conf you can set an email address which will appear as the contact point in any error messages that Squid returns to it's browser clients. However this doesn't allow you to have different link text that is displayed...

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Opening a tar.gz file on Windows

Running tar for Windows, using this command: c:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\tar.exe -xzvf filename.tar.gz gives the following error c:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\tar.exe: Cannot fork: Function not implemented c:\Program Files\GnuWin32\bin\tar.exe: Error is not...

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Industrial Ethernet Switches

If you are an IT person and you are employed by a Manufacturing company, it is probable that your IT umbrella covers at least some sort of control system/s. Controls Systems or SCADA, as they are called in the industry frequently have components installed in hostile...

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Can’t send a ° Degree Symbol by SMS

A completely useless factoid I just discovered. I used the Windows character map to copy and paste a degree symbol (°) into my PC SMS application and sent it to my mobile phone. What arrived at my phone was the letters "Ao". So for those of you wondering, you...

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