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Script to run the MacOS Built-in DHCP Server
For info on how to configure http://www.jacquesf.com/2011/04/mac-os-x-dhcp-server/ DHCP Server Start Stop Script #!/bin/bash # /usr/local/bin/dhcpmgmt.sh function start { sudo /bin/launchctl load -w /System/Library/LaunchDaemons/bootps.plist } function stop { sudo...
Change the display scale on Brave Browser on Arch Linux
I have a 4K screen. The default Brave font display is tiny So to change the display to make it a little bigger first copy the .desktop file to the Desktop cp /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/com.brave.Browser.desktop ~/Desktop/ then edit the Exec line in...
Add customized certs to XRDP
This replaces the www.xrdp.org cert and adds the ability to connect via DNS Name or IP using Subject Alternative Names. Example of adding subjectAltName so you can connect via mstsc.exe to multiple DNS names and IP Address or Addresses openssl req -x509 -newkey...
Getting and Arch VM running on Hyper-V to display its IP Address in Hyper-V Manager
You need to enable the Key/Value Pair Daemon https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/hyperv Install hyperv and enable the services sudo pacman -S hyperv sudo systemctl enable hv_kvp_daemon.service sudo systemctl start hv_kvp_daemon.service sudo systemctl enable...
Docker Compose Build pulls in the latest Debian version of a Container Breaking the Build
Just had a docker compose build fail My Dockerfile had the following at the top of it FROM php:8.3-fpm Which pulled in the latest version of the 8.3-fpm image which has been updated and now contains Debian 13.x Trixie as the base operating system The fix was to change...
CakePHP quickly install pre-reqs
https://toggen.com.au/it-tips/install-node-in-usr-local/ Install the basic pre-req's for PHP and CakePHP sudo apt install zip unzip curl php php-cli php-{bz2,curl,mbstring,intl,xml} -y