@scottalanmiller said in Bring order into IT environment in chaos:

@pete-s said in Bring order into IT environment in chaos:

@eddiejennings said in Bring order into IT environment in chaos:

I've used DokuWiki in the past for documentation.

Yes, me too. But for this customer I will suggest they get something that is cloud based. And a little more specifically made for the purpose.

I can't find a good cloud based wiki. Either they suck or they are crazy expensive.

That has been my experience also

@pmoncho said in Taking suggestions about x86 Access replacement:

@scottalanmiller said in Taking suggestions about x86 Access replacement:

@pete-s said in Taking suggestions about x86 Access replacement:

@scottalanmiller said in Taking suggestions about x86 Access replacement:
. And if you swing a dead cat, you whack at least three PHP developers.

I have to remember that phrase. Gruesome but funny.

Thanks for the info and views of PHP. It is nice to hear some positives about PHP as I mostly read about the security issues surrounding the multiple versions of PHP.

Like everything, PHP has had some security issues.
But most likely most of what you are reading comes down to stupid people not patching or stupid “developers” do copy pasta of code thy was poorly done in the first place.

One team at the client that I needed to do something for immediately was already using ClickUp.

So the principal there decided to expand that use.

Suggestions were helpful.

They are linked folders apparently?

@jasgot said in Excel Help:

@hobbit666 said in Excel Help:

Desktop1 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041
Desktop2 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19042
Desktop3 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.18363
Desktop4 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041
Desktop5 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041
Desktop6 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041
Desktop7 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19042

No Need for a bunch of Nested IF= statements.

VLOOKUP is made for this. Although XLOOKUP is the new VLookup.

Here's the formula in Column I of my screen shot. Don't worry about the $, they just mean the formula should not auto advance when you copy and paste to other cells.

=VLOOKUP(H4,$C$21:$D$25,2,FALSE)
The "False" means EXACT Match, please leave it as False.

Mostly correct, except he doe snot have the version split into it's own column.

He only has A and B as noted.

@hobbit666 said in Excel Help:

A | B
Desktop1 Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 10.0.19041

So it would be more like this, assuming that the data starts in row 2 and the lookup table starts on Row 21

=VLOOKUP(RIGHT(B2,10),$A$21:$B$25,2,FALSE)

@pete-s said in Anyone using ssh certificates for logins instead of keys?:

While I was looking at good solutions to distribute and keep track of keys for ssh logins, I came across that you can nowadays use ssh certificates instead. Then there is no need to distribute keys. It seems like a much, much better solution than keys in several ways. However it's not that common I think.

Anyone here that has implemented certificates for ssh instead of keys?

No, because it is not really a benefit at small scale. Not that it is hard either.

It is the only way to do anything at large scale IMO though.

I've been meaning to migrate to it for a while and write some guides.

But meh, never been a priority.

The problem with certs is the infrastructure to setup a trusted CA and the generation of certs to users.

But once setup it is permanent and secure.

@dashrender said in Digital sign boards:

I had to join it to the domain

Why the fuck would you do that?

Certificates are better because you no longer need to manage keys for users.

Everyone gets a cert from a trusted CA.

Certs expire. If you tie the user cert to some SSO system with 2FA you are super secure for generation of a cert that is only good for say 24 hours.

The ssh users simply validate themselves once a day.

Dealing with keys at scale is absolutely a mess

This part seems to be working.

You sit in these things for hours a day, you want something high quality.

Personally, I want something that does not let you lean backwards. I'm working. I do not need a recliner.

Most low end chairs that have a lever to lock up still lay too far back to be comfortable all day.

I also do not need head support. I'm not laying back in my office chair.

Mid back is all the more of a back that is needed, but depending on the brand, some call it high back even if it is mid back.

The seat cushion needs to be firm padding. not soft. otherwise you will be sitting on the metal base after a couple months.

@pete-s said in Local SMTP relay?:

@jaredbusch said in Local SMTP relay?:

@pete-s said in Local SMTP relay?:

Postfix?

This is how I do it.

In addition to the local stuff, using the local IP, I install ZeroTier on the VM and the hosted things, then have them use that IP to hit the relay also. Not everything, but it is useful.

Thanks!

In my mind I imagine the SMTP relay as being a transparent delivery guy to the "real" email server. But I'm not sure if that is how it works... I've also seen the mentioning of a SMTP proxy.

What I'm trying to figure out is - does the relay mean anything for DKIM/SPF/DMARC?

Not if the relay is internal and sending only to your email server. That stuff all hits once it leaves your email server.

Just set this up at home using a Grandstream HT704.

Because the kids’ school wanted something mailed, dropped off in a drop box or faxed. No email option.

In the end I tried RHEL and OEL for the project.

RHEL uses EPEL.

OEL has their own EPEL repo.

@scottalanmiller said in Simple cheap RMM:

@dustinb3403 said in Simple cheap RMM:

@scottalanmiller said in Simple cheap RMM:

@dustinb3403 said in Simple cheap RMM:

@voip_n00b said in Simple cheap RMM:

https://sodiumsuite.com/

That's the product that Scott and company were developing, while he may say it's not a dead product, it essentially is as nothing has been done with it for a long time.

No need for it, Tactical RMM basically took exactly our ideas and did a great job with them quite quickly. So we'd be just duplicating their work. TRMM is far from finished and doesn't do everything that we wanted to do, but they are coming along fast and do a great job so far using exactly the design we were going for. Even integrating with the same third party OSS tools!

So why is the website still around? Isn't it costing money to maintain those services?

Nope

Of course it does, and we all know it. It may be trivial, but it costs.

@scottalanmiller said in Technologies Begging to be Ransomwared:

You need to lock applications, but not the screen

There is no function in any EMR to lock the application so nothing is visible.

Would be a nice feature. So the easy answer if you lock the screen.

@dashrender said in Technologies Begging to be Ransomwared:

So yeah, those machines are all on the same network, or nearly so, so yeah, once one is compromised, the rest on that network would also be compromised.

This is not how it works. Local accounts cannot remote into another machine and do anything.

@jim9500 said in File Corruption on Copy Issue:

Updates were applied and reboot was pending on the network driver. Starting to think this was the issue, even though I don't understand how or why it would have caused it.

Network driver... copying files across a network.. Nope cannot see it..

Or did I misunderstand the copy process? Was it all local?

Yealink released a new firmware for their T5X series phones that is adding a restriction about not being downgradable.

Additionally, unless you are on the X.85 version of the firmware, you will have to double upgrade to get to the current X.86.0.23 firmware.

@gjacobse said in freepbx: Supported devices:

but didn't see the Shortel / Mitel line listed.

Because you are looking at a list of phones that work with the Phone Apps commercial module.

If the phone supports standard SIP protocols, it will work with Asterisk, and thus with FreePBX.

If, on the other hand, you are wanting to have support within the FreePBX commercial Endpoint Manager, that is a different question.