Topics created by wrx7m

@wrx7m said in PowerShell - Off-boarding Script:

@dafyre said in PowerShell - Off-boarding Script:

@wrx7m said in PowerShell - Off-boarding Script:

@dafyre I think I found where you got it - https://www.powershelladmin.com/wiki/Powershell_prompt_for_password_convert_securestring_to_plain_text

Anyway, I am not sure where, in my script, I should place that function.

You'd put the actual function at the top of your script, and then just

$myPassword=convertFrom-SecureToPlain -securepassword $MySecurePassword

Wherever you need the password in plain text form.

Thanks. It mostly works. The only problem is that it isn't actually using the password I specify at the top. It is somehow generating its own and then writing it at the end. I put in

write-host "Plain Text Says: $plainText"

and it shows the password that I typed in for the secure variable at the beginning, followed by the one that it generated.

Plain Text Says: $#@%4#@177 Jof91348

Works fine for me here.... Check and make sure you don't have an extra write-host or anything somewhere.

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@JaredBusch said in Error - SELinux is Preventing Vmtoolsd From Entrypoint Access On the File /usr/bin/bash:

@wrx7m said in Error - SELinux is Preventing Vmtoolsd From Entrypoint Access On the File /usr/bin/bash:

My question - Is this permanent?

Yes

Thanks!

@JaredBusch said in Resolved - Postfix on Fedora 29 - Why Can't I Send Mail?:

@wrx7m said in Resolved - Postfix on Fedora 29 - Why Can't I Send Mail?:

It applied to the instance (multiple servers)

FFS no. That is not what anything is.

It applied to the Account. Which contains multiple instances.
Instances that could be servers or desktops or WTF ever.

My apologies. I meant to put account.

Updating this thread. I ended up setting up the squid.conf file with the following config to get it to work.

First, at the top of the localnet lines-

acl localnet src 205.205.205.1/32

Then, I added the only domains that I wanted to provide access to. This whitelisted them.

acl GOOD dstdomain .google.com acl Good dstdomain .domain.ca

Followed by, the allow and deny lines

http_access allow GOOD http_access deny all

Finally, "uncommenting" the Safe ports/services for 80 and 443.

@DustinB3403 said in Nomad - Manage Mac OS in Windows/AD Environment - Anyone Used It?:

I've heard of it, and it's supposedly a really good product, the issue with it is the cost. At least at the time.

The product now is JAMF Connect. So it looks to be a dead product that was replaced.

Interesting. I'll look into that. I didn't see any mention of jamf.

@dafyre said in TurboTax Hit with Cyberattack, Tax Returns Compromised:

@JaredBusch said in TurboTax Hit with Cyberattack, Tax Returns Compromised:

@wrx7m said in TurboTax Hit with Cyberattack, Tax Returns Compromised:

@dafyre Yes. Exactly. That is why I use different random passwords from a generator for anything of any importance.

My random password generator of choice (http://correcthorsebatterystaple.net) :
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I just use Bitwarden's generator if I need one.

I like this because, when I rarely actually need to type one in, I can easily do so.

Mixing up the special characters (see separator box) makes it more than just words.
Separator: 213456789!@#$%
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@JaredBusch said in Installing Java/JRE on Fedora 29 - Error Conflicting Requests:

@wrx7m said in Installing Java/JRE on Fedora 29 - Error Conflicting Requests:

@JaredBusch said in Installing Java/JRE on Fedora 29 - Error Conflicting Requests:

@wrx7m said in Installing Java/JRE on Fedora 29 - Error Conflicting Requests:

@JaredBusch said in Installing Java/JRE on Fedora 29 - Error Conflicting Requests:

@scottalanmiller said in Installing Java/JRE on Fedora 29 - Error Conflicting Requests:

@wrx7m said in Installing Java/JRE on Fedora 29 - Error Conflicting Requests:

OK. I found I could run

yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk

to install version 8. After that, I was able to install logstash successfully.

Is there a reason that you want an old version?

Also wtf are you using yum for?

It's wazuh's documentation. They have specific repos for other things too. Not sure why they are still using yum instead of dnf.

Pull your head out of your ass and don't blindly type what any guide says. Even one of mine.

If you are using Fedora, you use dnf period. Yes, currently Fedora still has a reroute/alias for it to dnf, but you should not assume it will be there.

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#chilloutbro You can leave off the first part of that sentence and still provide a constructive answer.

You need to think, and you, clearly, are not. So yeah, perfectly fitting.

So if I didn't know, it has nothing to do with not thinking. I just didn't know. Now I do.

@scottalanmiller said in Buying a New Car:

@wrx7m said in Buying a New Car:

@scottalanmiller said in Buying a New Car:

Also, garage space. The hail in Texas makes car ownership less attractive.

That could definitely be an issue. At least there more alternatives to owning these days.

Yeah, for me it seems super easy to live without one.

Have you tired any of the non-traditional renting app/services yet?

@JasGot said in Updated - Connecting to 1 Site With Separate Logins/Several IPs:

@wrx7m said in [Updated - Connecting to 1 Site With Separate Logins/Several IPs]>

This works on Windows 10 (1703, 1809, 1903), Server 2016 (1607), Server 2012 R2 and Server 2008 R2.

Tor is another option. Proxies are already out there.

Lots of guides on setting it up to run multiple browsers from different IPs. We did it years ago for a project and it was perfect. Took a few minutes to setup, but was perfect for the task.

There's even a bash script to do all the setup for you. (Not on Windows, of course)

Thanks. This has been up and running via squid on Fedora for several months and works really well.

@Pete-S It was on linux - ProFTPD

It's not about brief or lengthly, but anticipate the questions that the employer is asking when looking at your resume and clearly and concisely answer them.

Don't put in stuff they're not going to care about. But make sure you put in enough for them to be able to think you might be a good fit.

YOu can also do a free test from Qualys
https://www.qualys.com/free-services/
https://www.qualys.com/community-edition/

@Obsolesce - Yeah, thanks.

@maxmustermann Since you are openly a vendor we'll keep the post. But as a community we expect vendors to participate generally before posting their solutions where appropriate. These seems like an appropriate place, so not a big deal. And welcome to the community.

We'll add a vendor flag so that it is clear you are a vendor. We normally request that this be done prior to posting any self promotion of products so that people understand when someone is promoting their own solution rather than on they've heard about or tried.

I have a laptop that isn't kicking back that TLS error in that Office tool. I have tried moving another system that does get the TLS error into the same OU as the laptop and ran gpupdate /force and rebooted, also brought Windows fully current and uninstalled Webroot. Can't figure out the difference

@wrx7m said in PowerShell - Create New AD User Using Prompts and Variables:

If I get rid of the attempt to combine the 2 existing variables into a 3rd, I get this error.

New-ADUser : A positional parameter cannot be found that accepts argument '+'. At \\FP02\it\Scripts\AD\AD-InitialUserCreationVariables.ps1:5 char:1 + New-ADUser -Name "$GivenName $Surname" ` + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [New-ADUser], ParameterBindingException + FullyQualifiedErrorId : PositionalParameterNotFound,Microsoft.ActiveDirectory.Management.Commands.NewADUser

Like this I think:

New-ADUser -Name "$($GivenName) $($Surname)"`

From: https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/stefan_stranger/2013/09/25/powershell-sub-expressions/

@JaredBusch said in Cloudflare - Forwarding CNAME to HTTPS URL?:

@Dashrender said in Cloudflare - Forwarding CNAME to HTTPS URL?:

I don't really understand this - wouldn't you need a redirect command to make this work correctly? As stated - the browser thinks it's going to careers.domain.com, but that's being redirected via cname to joes.website.com, and joe's has a TLS cert.

Wouldn't the correct way be to have a server accept the request for careers.domain.com and execute a redirect to a new URL (joes.website.com) and now the browser will know it's going to joes site and accept the cert?

What server? He has no server. He simply wanted an alias for a nasty long URL.
careers.domain.com instead of adp.com/346y365hy3/365h56/456/y6/

Any good proxy will do this. CloudFlare is one of the best.

So process.

Create a CNAME entry for careers.domain.com pointing somewhere. Make sure the orange cloud is on. This makes the actual destination not matter because the IP will return as CloudFlare. But you want it to be something intelligent in case of problems as the OP found out. Create a redirect rule in CloudFlare. This is no different than the redirect 301 that you would use on your NginX proxy or other system. Profit

Well - there's your website I mentioned - the proxy. It's doing the redirect. OK - fine, it's not really a website (at least not likely), but you get the point - and I'm learning .. so thanks.
But my general thinking was along the same lines as your setup.

@jaredbusch Right. The datastores are at the hypervisor level. The vmdks would be on respective datastores and then in the VM, they would be also be shown as separate disks.

@wrx7m There are a lot of models which should fit your needs. You can find more information on this page: https://www.starwindsoftware.com/starwind-hyperconverged-appliance .
Also, you can request a demo on that page to see how HA works in real life - it's free :smiling_face_with_smiling_eyes:

@phlipelder said in Interviewing Candidates for a Jr. IT Systems Administrator Position- Good Questions to Ask?:

@momurda said in Interviewing Candidates for a Jr. IT Systems Administrator Position- Good Questions to Ask?:

@phlipelder said in Interviewing Candidates for a Jr. IT Systems Administrator Position- Good Questions to Ask?:

In candidates watch out for this one that they may ask: "What PSA do you use?"

We avoid script jockeys at all costs.

What is PSA in this context?

Professional Services Automation software. It allows a support person to ask questions and follow a queue path through to an answer as one aspect.

I've never even seen one in real life.