Finding stories in everyday adventures
Way way back in 2015, I wrote this post about auto downloading huge amount of 4k wallpapers. That trick worked very well. Now this trick is essentially an enhanced version of that trick. Previously, with downloading, the file names were pretty insignificant, representing only the ID of the file on the site. In addition to this, everything was downloaded in one single folder, i.e. no organization. As a result, identify what file shows what was …
I had a really frustrating time fixing errors related to Windows “net view” command as well as seeing other computers running SMB service in the “Windows Network” explorer. Issue Network explorer will not show any Computers “net view” command would result in “System Error 1231” Solution Ensure all the computers are set to the same WORKGROUP. In my case, it is “HOME”
Ok, so out of a random urge to get a new version of mysql for my docker image which was showing last updated 12 months ago, I changed the Dockerfile build to use the latest version of mysql. This means that I would go from 5.7 to 8.x. Well, of course I thought it would be as easy as using mysql:latest, restarting the container and all my databases would magically appear, guess not! So, if …
So I just found out today that Cloudflare provides free HTTPS/SSL support. I’ve been using Cloudflare free account for many years and it works flawlessly. In fact this WordPress powered blog and my several other sites use Cloudflare services. With the addition of HTTPS/SSL, I can have added security.
I was finally able to upgrade the firmware on my old but trusty D-Link DIR-868L router to Tomato firmware. The process is a little bit involved and it’s very easy to brick your router. Fortunately, this router provides a relatively easy way to perform recovery. Note this instruction is for DIR-868L rev A1. There are more than one version of this router and the process could differ for each of those versions. At a high …
If you have ever tried programmatically sending HTML emails, you probably know how giant of a pain in the rear it is. It’s all because while HTML has progressed in the world of Internet, the Email HTML is still way way behind. There are no set standards and most of the times, you end up doing too much manual HTML coding. In today’s world, surely there must be something you can do about it, right? …
This is most likely after effect of Spectre and Meltdown Kernel patches rolled out for CentOS. My OpenVPN container could not access /dev/net/tun device even though the Run Script had necessary parameters. Fix setsebool -P domain_kernel_load_modules=1
I recently started using Snapraid and Mergerfs setup to manage my disk pool. I have ~27TB of raw storage which I am managing. While setting up Mergerfs as usual ran into SELinux issues that will prohibit Docker and Samba access to the storage. So, here’s my fix. Samba setsebool -P samba_share_fusefs=1 Docker setsebool -P virt_sandbox_use_fusefs=1
SMTP Relay service allows you to use an external SMTP server to send your mails through. After many frustrating hours of working with several SMTP Relay Docker Images, I finally found the one that works. Link: https://hub.docker.com/r/tecnativa/postfix-relay/ Configuration is very easy; Sample Run script docker run \ –name name\ -d \ –restart=always \ -p localport:25 \ -e “MAIL_RELAY_HOST=smtpserver” \ -e “MAIL_RELAY_PORT=port#” \ -e “MAIL_RELAY_USER=user” \ -e “MAIL_RELAY_PASS=post” \ tecnativa/postfix-relay After this you will have a …
If you want to set external email address to be used as “To” address for System users then edit the file “/etc/mail.rc” Add entries such as alias root [email protected]