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Alternative to an Excel Spreadsheet Containing Passwords – Free Password Manager Options
Here are some FREE password database options. Using these you can store a password database in OneDrive, Sharepoint or Dropbox protected by a long and complex password and they become shareable and a little more secure than an Excel spreadsheet. Password Safe...
Exetel Website Down – Sort Of
Update: 2025-04-04 I reverted my phone to default settings and it works again this morning. So this was a temporary problem Problem: Can't access Exetel.com.au through the App or Browser from my Phone at the moment. The error thrown is DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN I am...
Export Contacts out of Outlook and into iCloud
Warning: Excel Can Corrupt the Numbers in your Contacts Export CSV Warning if you open your contacts.csv exported from Outlook in Excel some numbers will be converted into Scientific Notation and when you save it again the number will be lost: Warning: Excel converts...
Add SSH Key to a Single Github Repository
To add a key to a single repo instead of the SSH key having access to all repositories just add a Deploy key and give it write access to the repository. Go into the Settings on the repository and click the Add deploy key under the Deploy keys section. Check the...
Customize the run script descriptions in composer.json
https://github.com/toggenation/IPv6 By default the description for a run script is Runs the <script_slug> script as defined in composer.json e.g. $ composer run Script to run: [expand] Runs the expand script as defined in composer.json [ip ] Runs the ip script as...
Using a regex to specify nginx server_name
I wanted to publish two hostnames from the one config and capture the host portion so I could redirect it correctly Using certbot to create a single letsencrypt cert with both domains in it. First add DNS records for both domains pointing at your webserver sudo...
Create a Nginx Config using Wizard
https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tools/nginx
Application Developers – Test your applications with Standard Users Permissions
Things have vastly improved the following is a rant of mine from 13 years ago. Fished out of Drafts and published April 2025. I am so sick and tired of installing applications that assume that the local user will be an administrator. Applications that have been...
VMWare VCenter on Linux Embedded DB2 Database Backup
service vmware-vpxd stop CONNECT TO database-alias QUIESCE DATABASE IMMEDIATE FORCE CONNECTIONS; UNQUIESCE DATABASE; TERMINATE; DEACTIVATE DATABASE database-alias BACKUP DATABASE database-alias TO '/db2_backup/' ACTIVATE DATABASE database-alias