Yes! https://openvpn.net/client-connect-vpn-for-windows/ Deploy the OpenVPN Connect client as an Administrator Supply the user with an "inline" .ovpn file. Get them to open the app and import it. They can then connect as a standard user. Tested on versions 3.3.6 and...
James McDonald
Fedora Live ISO boots to Start PXE over IPv4 in Hyper-V
.\systeminfo Host Name: TGN-WS-01 OS Name: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro OS Version: 10.0.22621 N/A Build 22621 OS Manufacturer: Microsoft Corporation OS Configuration: Standalone Workstation OS Build Type: Multiprocessor Free Registered Organization: N/A Product ID:...
Cannot Load an Elegant Themes Layout to New NGINX / PHP-FPM Website
2023/02/24 00:01:59 [error] 7874#7874: *189 client intended to send too large body: 1969615 bytes, client: 110.174.134.221, server: www.test.toggen.com.au, request: "POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/2.0", host: "www.test.toggen.com.au"...
PFSense WebConfigurator SSL Cert Expired when using auto-renewing Let’s Encrypt Certificate
Problem: When connecting to a pfsense firewall webConfigurator (admin page) configured to use Let's Encrypt certificates you find the certificate is expired. Cause: The webConfigurator site was not restared when the certificate was renewed Resolution: Configure the...
Connecting to Ancient Network Kit with SSH under Ubuntu 22.04
Just tried to connect to a couple of old Cisco Switches from Ubuntu 22.04 lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS Release: 22.04 Codename: jammy The Problem - (I think this is a WS-C2960X) ssh 10.11.12.13 #...
Unifi cli commands for UDM / USG
UDM CLI COMMAND TO CHECK CONNECTIONS Unifi uses Strongswan for its IPSec VPN tunnels https://www.strongswan.org/ So check the documentation https://docs.strongswan.org/docs/5.9/swanctl/swanctl.html Check all IPSec Tunnels ipsec statusall To restart ipsec ipsec restart...
MFC-J4540DW – Does not support duplex scanning
Just tried to do 2 sided scanning with my MFC-J4540DW Brother printer. (AUD $329) Unfortunately this printer doesn't have - 2 sided scan settings option which should appear under Scan Settings in the iPrint&Scan application To get 2-sided scanning in the...
Compare two windows Directories for differences
Download and install winmerge from https://winmerge.org Run winmerge Click the folder icon to add folders for comparison Click compare
Virtualize Disks with Disk2VHD
To do a physical to virtual https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd You can choose either to create in VHDX or VHD To convert VHDX to VHD If you create the disk in VHDX format and want to run it in Virtual Box you will need to convert it to...
[Solved] Event Id 4101 Several Times per day
TLDR; Try swapping to another video card. I built a small form factor PC https://toggen.com.au/it-tips/pc-build/ with a Gigabyte GeForce GT 710 Passive 2GB graphics card and have been using it with 2 displays. I am running it with Windows 11 Several times a day the...
CakePHP 4 – Logging to Syslog
The documentation at https://book.cakephp.org/4/en/core-libraries/logging.html#logging-to-syslog recommends logging to Syslog in production by adding the following snippet to config/bootstrap.php Log::setConfig('default', [ 'engine' => 'Syslog' ]); If you add a prefix...
Malware Removal
https://www.hitmanpro.com/en-us/hmp Malware removal product. Leaving this here so I can find it again in future if needed
blobfuse2 Setup
BlobFuse2 is a Microsoft maintained utility to mount a remote Azure Storage Account Blob Container or folder into the Linux file system and then interact with it as if it was local. You need some directories to serve as a cache and mount point. You could put them...
Ubuntu 22.04 Stuck on curtin command in-target
Just doing an install on VMWare 5.5 of Ubuntu 22.04 and have been seeing curtin command in-target for over an hour. I selected to update the installer before beginning the install and selected the standard server install (not the "minimal") When I select View full...
Better Priced Object Storage
https://wasabi.com/cloud-storage-pricing
UDM – IPS
I was trialing a site-to-site IPSec VPN between an Azure two NIC PFSense intance and my UDM (See image) I found that when I was trying to reach www.postfix.org with browser or ping I couldn't. I thought it was something to do with have a PFSense / UDM s2s VPN I tried...
Azure pfsense
Things I learn't while installing the pfsense The VHD for import into Azure has to be specially configured. A good blog article with screen shots is https://www.christofvg.be/2019/01/12/pfSense-on-Azure-Part-1-Create-pfSense-Virtual-Machine/ VHD format, Fixed Size...
Digital Ocean
The good news is Digital Ocean has a Sydney data centre. The bad news is they only support Linux workloads (unless you bring a custom image) They're a great option if you don't want to pay a premium to Azure or AWS