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Restoring data after zfs destroy

On Debian 8.7 I had a zfs pool. (obviously using ZFS on Linux, not Oracle or Solaris zfs) It was needed to extend ZFS pool from mirror on 2 disks to raidz on 4 disks. I did backup (one copy of data - ...
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LDAP: creating a bind user with limited privileges

I need to bind to an OpenLDAP server to authenticate users, but I don't want this low-privileged or "delegated administrator" to be able to see more attributes than strictly necessary. How do I ...
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How much does FreeBSD accept_filter actually improve performance in a modern world?

I recently learned about FreeBSD's accept_filter socket option which can allow a worker process to avoid context switching by, for example, waiting until a full HTTP request is received with accf_http:...
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How can a Cognito user initialize TOTP on first login when MFA is required?

I am setting up Amazon Cognito for authentication to use a Kibana instance. I only permit administrators to create users, and I permit only the Cognito User Pool identity provider. When creating the ...
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connect to tightVNC in a windows container

There are plenty of resources online about using VNC with a linux container, but none that I can find for windows containers, so I thought I'd give it a crack. I can get the tightVNC server to start (...
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Can Asterisk's phoneprov module be used securely?

I'm using Asterisk 13.1.0 as packaged by Ubuntu Server 16.04 to run a pure-VoIP phone system. Asterisk has a module – phoneprov – that allows it to template out configuration files for ...
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Setting up IPv6 ACLs on 3com 5500g to block Router Advertisment messages

Is there a way to set up IPv6 ACLs on 3com 5500g switch to block RA traffic on access ports? I couldn't find settings for setting up any IPv6 ACL. Acording to guides, there should be ipv6 specific ...
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Android to openswan/xl2tpd/pppd error: result_code_avp: avp is incorrect size. 8 < 10

I am trying to use a simple Android 4.4.4 VPN connection to openswan/xl2tpd/pppd combo. the IPSec SA works, but xl2tpd at one point terminates the pppd and this shows up in logs: xl2tpd[17990]: ...
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Unix nslcd login with sAMAccountName and/or userPrincipalName from Active Directory

I'm trying to setup authentication from Active Directory in FreeBSD 10.0 using nslcd (nss-pam-ldapd-sasl package) and would like to allow both sAMAccountName and userPrincipalName as valid login ...
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Is 8bit Content-Transfer-Encoding Considered RFC 5322 Compliant?

What I'm trying to ascertain is whether or not emails containing 8-bit characters (in the range %x80-%xFF) - which could appear in messages or sections with a Content-Transfer-Encoding header of 8bit ...
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What is the easiest way to encrypt an existing ZFS dataset?

I would like to convert a lot of ZFS datasets I have on a (Ubuntu 20.04) server (about 3 TB of data). I've already tested this a bit, and what I've been doing so far is: Create a new encrypted ...
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ZFS cannot import : I/O error

I experienced an error in my ZFS machine. This may have happend after I lost power to my server, but I can not tell for sure. My ZFS Pool Gewuerzglas with RAIDZ-1 is no longer willing to import. I ...
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DHCP interface never transitions to configured state in systemd

I have a server running CoreOS, and my main network interface that gets configured via DHCP gains a carrier and is routable, but never leaves the configuring state. This causes systemd-networkd-wait-...
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How can I let rsync display both total and partial progress?

I've found that rsync's total progress is (somewhat) shown with --info=progress2, while partial progress (i.e. the current file) is shown with --info=progress (or -P). Is there a way to show both? I'...
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Use perfmon to monitor a specific ASP.NET webapp across worker process restarts, IIS restarts, etc.?

I have a few perfmon performance counters that I'd like to track for a specific ASP.NET application over an extended period of time, say a week or a month. The trouble is that perfmon counters are ...

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