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Archive for July 31st, 2020

networking – Whitelist Windows Update Servers – Super User

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/07/31

For my link archive: networking – Whitelist Windows Update Servers – Super User

Because there are brain dead routers that do not allow for wildcards, or whitelisting only a certain protocol for a URL, call windowsupdate.microsoft.com a URL, but then also accept http://www.windowsupdate.microsoft.com.

–jeroen

Posted in Firewall, Infrastructure, Power User, Windows | Leave a Comment »

If your Samba logon script does not get executed – twm’s blog

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/07/31

… even though you can open and read it fine in an editor: You should check its Linux access permissions. If it is not marked as executable, this might be the cause. Change it with chmod like …

Source for my link archive: [WayBackIf your Samba logon script does not get executed – twm’s blog.

Via: [WayBack] … even though you can open and read it fine in an editor: You should check its Linux access permissions. If it is not marked as executable, this might b… – Thomas Mueller (dummzeuch) – Google+

–jeroen

Posted in *nix, *nix-tools, Power User, samba SMB/CIFS/NMB | Leave a Comment »

Try locking your PC next time

Posted by jpluimers on 2020/07/31

Everyone falls for social engineering. A while ago I got too and my home page got changed into [WayBack] Try locking your PC next time after being lured away from my machine without locking it.

--jeroen

PS: there are many YouTube versions (as long as 24 hours) of this as well, see [Wayback/Archive] Gandalf Sax | Know Your Meme (via [Wayback/Archive] On this day 11 years ago, the first known video of Gandalf smiling and nodding along with the Epic Sax Guy music on loop was posted to YouTube. : KnowYourMeme).

[WayBack]

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