I plan on mainly posting content on Saturdays or Sundays, but for the opening week, I made a few things.

Click over to the channel and check it out, should the below interest you.

• What is an IT Generalist?
• Determining Software Costs: Don't forget the cost of keeping software current!
• What is music theory, and why is it awesome?
• Setting up a private network in Hyper-V

I've never had much use for Cortana, other than practicing my disable-and-remove-useless-programs skill.

I finally got around to getting a little WordPress site going in my lab, and I've decided to make it the new home of www.eddiejennings.net. Enjoy!

Over time I'll try to find good ways of making some content from previous iterations of my blog (and podcast) available.

Sometimes for malware, you have to nuke and start over.

@scottalanmiller said in Congrats to Eddie - New Linux Admin:

@EddieJennings has put in so much work learning and teaching Linux administration. It's awesome to see him moving up to a Fortune 100 Linux Admin! Congrats Eddie!

Thank you Scott! I haven’t been this excited about a job opportunity since I was able to land my first position from the career change.

It cannot be stated enough how important community is. Since joining ML in 2016, all of you have effectively been my IT mentors.

Hard drive from xbyte arrived a day early.

<rant>
What boils my blood more than anything:

User: HELP HELP. . . but not right now.
</rant>

@dustinb3403 said in I can't even:

hah...

https://i.imgur.com/khO8zDB.png

If he's running out of stroage just direct him to https://downloadmorestorage.com/.

Just signed a litter accepting a promotion effective 9/22. Not bad for a Friday

Try stopping the MeshCentral service, then use node /path_to_your/node_modules/meshcentral/ --debug cert. Unless by "letsencrypt log files" you mean that you did the cert debug.

That may provide you some insight into what's going on.

This was my output for comparison (my Let's encrypt stuff seems to function fine)

MeshCentral HTTP redirection server running on port 80.
CERT: LE: Getting certs from local store (Production)
CERT: LE: Reading certificate files
CERT: LE: Setting LE cert for default domain.
MeshCentral v1.1.0, Hybrid (LAN + WAN) mode.
MeshCentral Intel(R) AMT server running on mc.ejsllc.com:4433.
MeshCentral HTTPS server running on mc.ejsllc.com:443.
CERT: LE: Certificate has 67 day(s) left.
CERT: LE: Certificate is ok.

Reading about using certificates with SSH.

124 mile round-trip commute ended today. Fully remote gig starts on 12/12

@gjacobse said in Todays' replacement for Teamviewer:

In the early days of Teamviewer, it seemed like it was really 'reliable' for setting to start up after reboot and being able to reconnect. Any time I try to set this now results in failure after failure and code regeneration password - What's the use if restart after reboot if the code changes? I mean - how does that help me when I'm five hundred miles away from the computer?

While I have moved to using NoMachine internally - there isn't any reason it can't be configured to do the same function am I correct? You will still need 'client / server' computers and the proper port forwarding in your router.

I ask to assist a club member who is about to spend two months in Florida, for something easy enough for him to work with.

(Off to research)

(editted)

Sounds like you're wanting a persistent remote connection to the target machine. MeshCentral gets the job done for me.

Forgot how long it takes Vultr to take a snapshot

@JaredBusch said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Too many to quote using the phone,.. thanks.

so- now it is a bit bitter sweet as I may very well lose all of my accrued PTO,..94 hours.

Will have to see

Dunno about your state, but every state I have dealt with, accrued means it is earned and is 100% required to be paid out.

When I left public school teaching (Georgia), I didn't receive any payment for 500+ sick leave hours

@gjacobse said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Offer received and without hesitation accepted. In doing so I go from a contractor to full bore employee again. In addition to a spread of benefits I also will receive an increase in pay- and first salary job in a number of years.

Congrats!

@scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

Trying to hire a new guy today, too.

And I signed an offer for new gig today.

@gjacobse said in Weekend Plans:

@EddieJennings said in Weekend Plans:

All-hands-on-deck maintenance from Saturday night to early Sunday morning :(. At least it helps pass the time as I await interview results on Monday :).

Interview Results?

Yes. Commute is unsustainable. Thus, I’ve been on the hunt for a similar gig that’s remote.

All-hands-on-deck maintenance from Saturday night to early Sunday morning :(. At least it helps pass the time as I await interview results on Monday :).