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HOWTO: Properly install native VMware Tools in pfSense 2.0.3 (FreeBSD 8.1)

If you’re anything like me, you take security seriously. With all the recent news about the NSA and Prism and over-reach of surveillance, you’ll take this very seriously. I run several layers of nested firewalls, VPNs and other layers of security at my office. One of the things I run in a virtualized environment (VMware […]

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  1. SOLVED: VMware Tools create_proc_entry Error with vmballoon_procfs_init on Linux Kernel 3.11.0 Another quick VMware Tools patch and fix if you’re using...
  2. FreeBSD Ports, a treasure trove of useful tools I’ve been configuring one of my machines as a FreeBSD...
  3. SOLVED: VMware Tools __devexit_p Error on Linux Kernel 3.8 and Earlier If you run a current version of VMware Workstation, VMware...

Syndicated 2013-08-24 22:49:04 from random neuron misfires

SOLVED: VMware Tools create_proc_entry Error with vmballoon_procfs_init on Linux Kernel 3.11.0

Another quick VMware Tools patch and fix if you’re using Linux Kernel 3.11.0 (and probably later, until this gets integrated into mainline). This time, if you’re seeing the following error: Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-CZk9AS/vmmemctl-only' /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.11.0-999-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.11.0-999-generic' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-CZk9AS/vmmemctl-only/backdoorGcc64.o CC […]

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  1. SOLVED: VMware Tools __devexit_p Error on Linux Kernel 3.8 and Earlier If you run a current version of VMware Workstation, VMware...
  2. SOLVED: Building VMware Workstation modules on Linux 2.6.32 I use a lot of VMware Workstation here to manage...
  3. FIX: VMware VMW_HAVE_EPOLL error message with current distributions If you’ve tried installing VMware on a recent Linux distribution...

Syndicated 2013-08-23 19:11:22 from random neuron misfires

Using fdupes to Solve the Data Duplication Problem: I’ve got some dupes!

Well, 11.6 hours later after scanning the NAS with fdupes, I noticed that I’ve got some dupes across my system backups. # time ./fdupes -R -Sm "/nas/Backups/System Backups/" 2153352 duplicate files (in 717685 sets), occupying 102224.5 megabytes real 698m15.606s user 38m20.758s sys 92m17.217s That’s 2.1 million duplicate files occupying about 100GB of storage capacity in […]

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  1. AT&T Locks Horns with Hurricane Sandy and my data-only MiFi We were hit pretty hard by Hurricane Sandy out here...
  2. SOLVED: How to put your NeatWorks data into Dropbox As I use Dropbox more and more, I’m beginning to...
  3. Removing thousands of duplicate email messages from your email I’ve been slowly loading all of my mail into GMail...

Syndicated 2013-08-23 16:05:16 from random neuron misfires

SOLVED: VMware Tools __devexit_p Error on Linux Kernel 3.8 and Earlier

If you run a current version of VMware Workstation, VMware Server, ESXi or VMware Fusion with a recent Linux kernel as a guest, you’ve most-likely run into this already. Using 2.6.x kernel build system. make: Entering directory `/tmp/modconfig-N9AMbf/vmci-only' /usr/bin/make -C /lib/modules/3.8.0-19-generic/build/include/.. SUBDIRS=$PWD SRCROOT=$PWD/. \ MODULEBUILDDIR= modules make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-3.8.0-19-generic' CC [M] /tmp/modconfig-N9AMbf/vmci-only/linux/vmciKernelIf.o CC [M] […]

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  1. SOLVED: Building VMware Workstation modules on Linux 2.6.32 I use a lot of VMware Workstation here to manage...
  2. FIX: VMware VMW_HAVE_EPOLL error message with current distributions If you’ve tried installing VMware on a recent Linux distribution...
  3. VMware “undefined symbol: g_get_user_special_dir” error SOLVED If you’re using the latest version of VMWare Workstation, and...

Syndicated 2013-08-22 22:14:00 from random neuron misfires

HOWTO: How to Fix a Forgotten Windows Administrator or User Password with Sticky Keys

I pulled some of my very old Windows VMs out of my backup NAS recently with the intent to pull them into ESXi 5.0.1, and manage them there. But they hadn’t been booted or updated in 4+ years. I thought I remembered the password for the users of these VMs, but none of my obvious […]

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  1. DomainSite: This is Not the Way to Manage Passwords As per my end-of-month processing, I update and rotate/change the...
  2. SuSE 10.1 in VMware “No catalogue found” error SOLVED It seems that quite a few people (including myself) ran...
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Syndicated 2013-08-20 18:42:49 from random neuron misfires

HOWTO: Configure XChat Azure on OS X to connect to Freenode using SASL + Tor

With all the recent news about the NSA, Prism Surveillance Program and the US Federal Government actively spying on its citizens without cause, I decided to update the detailed HOWTO I posted in early 2011 describing how to connect to Freenode using Xchat (on Linux/FreeBSD) using SASL + Tor. The process is relatively simple, but [...]

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Syndicated 2013-07-31 13:17:38 from random neuron misfires

Using the Goal Zero Sherpa 50 As a Wireless Home AC Outlet

I’ve been happily using my Sherpa 50 since late April of this year. I went for the full kit, including the Goal Zero Laptop Charging Kit, the Sherpa Extreme Inverter and a great, custom Goal Zero Sherpa 50 Pouch from the team at Blue Ridge Overland Gear (great guys, I highly recommend visiting their site [...]

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Syndicated 2013-06-12 03:07:55 from random neuron misfires

DomainSite: This is Not the Way to Manage Passwords

As per my end-of-month processing, I update and rotate/change the passwords and login credentials for the hundreds of websites and logins I own and use on a regular basis. I reached my domain registrar, DomainSite, and successfully changed my password to something nice and secure, and their system happily accepted it. I logged out, and [...]

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  2. SOLVED: Resetting your Apple ID with cut-and-paste enabled If you’re like me, you have lots of passwords. More...
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Syndicated 2013-05-31 14:46:33 from random neuron misfires

HOWTO: Download Oracle Java Releases from the Commandline

The recent and critical Java CVE necessitates that everyone either uninstall, remove or update Java immediately. My employer uses a lot of Java, and removing or uninstalling it across thousands of machines just isn’t possible. We also support 4 platforms for each new release (in 32-bit and 64-bit), so pushing out a new version of [...]

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Syndicated 2013-01-14 19:13:44 from random neuron misfires

Facebook Does It Again, Silently Sending GPS Coordinates with Every Message

Yes, they’ve done it again. The most-recent update of the Facebook mobile application (Android and iPhone) reverses and resets the default settings for “Location Services”, so that every single Facebook message you send, also sends your exact GPS coordinates to the recipient (and to Facebook’s own messaging servers), even if you have your GPS disabled [...]

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Syndicated 2013-01-10 00:13:19 from random neuron misfires

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