OK, I for sure think your GX420T printer is 200 dpi and the GX430T is 300 dpi.
Zebra printers uses ZPL and works with dots, like pixels. So if you just take the same print data and send it both to a 200 and a 300 dpi printer, you get different size prints. Your 300 dpi printout will be 2/3rds the size of the 200 dpi printout.
The print driver or print application need to recalculate the print data it sends, from inches to dots, depending on what dpi your printer has.
Is there a linux utility that I can run that will use X amount of RAM and Y amount of CPU?
Basically I want something to test hypervisor behavior by having VMs consume different amount of resources.
For example:
loadgenerator 30% 2GB
And the fictitious loadgenerator application will now consume 30% of the CPU and 2GB RAM.
I have a server with lots of storage that sits in a datacenter doing nothing.
What is the easiest/best way to turn this server into a backup storage that I can use to backup remote linux servers?
@EddieJennings said in Turn server into backup storage for remote servers?:
There are many things you can do, but we'd need more detail about what data is to be backed up. Also, we'd want to know where these remote servers are compared to this to-be backup server.
Thanks Eddie.
Well, the servers are basically web servers (VMs) with not much data, say 5-10GB, in each for a full backup. Backups will run a couple of times per day but they can be incremental.
The purpose of this is to backup the customer's data and not the server instance.
Remote servers are a mixture of on-prem VMs, hosted webservers, cloud instances and such.
@Yonah-S said in Turn server into backup storage for remote servers?:
@Pete-S have you thought of selling it? there is a big market right now for getting rid of old/unused hardware. Especially if you have any SSD's in there.
Thanks, but we're keeping it. Just want to extract the maximum value out of it while it's occupying rack space 
@Fredtx said in Who's making the move to vSphere 8:
I also read that vmware no longer recommends booting from sd cards.
It's here: https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/85685
It's probably good to move off SD cards but the thing is that SD cards are actually fine because flash is flash - no matter what enclosure you put it in.
The real problem is that the flash memory need to have enough write endurance for the application. And people doesn't know and don't buy the right type of SD cards.
According to vmware you need 128 TBW (over 5 years). Industrial SD cards for example can have that. SD cards that goes into phones and cameras don't.
Same problem with usb sticks as boot devices and "clever" people using SATADOMs for high endurance cache. Oh well.
For the .it TLD.
Who can register a .it domain?
"An unlimited numbers of .it domain names can be registered by anyone who is an adult and has citizenship, residence or commercial headquarters in the countries of the European Economic Area (EEA), in the State of the Vatican, in the Republic of San Marino and the Swiss Confederation."
Source, the Italian NIC
https://www.nic.it/en/find-your-it/how-register
@Dashrender said in "Snapshots" on win10 laptops?:
Unlike VM backups - Windows generally doesn't have the ability to stop using the "disk file" and create a new one for changes, then allowing you to discard the extra disk, thereby reverting to the original. That's the process that makes snaps so good.
I think it actually does have that ability. That is what volume shadow copy (VSS) does.
I think both system restore points and backups uses it behind the scenes.
I think you might be looking for statistics in the wrong place.
PBX calls should really be logged in the CRM automatically - if were talking about customer calls. Then the CRM will provide the useful statistics. That's the place to control a sales organization and you have all the other useful metrics there already.
Another thing is support. PBX should log support calls in the help desk system. That's where you want to have the statistics because that is where you can see incoming calls, emails, chat, ticket response times, customer satisfaction etc, etc.
So I don't think it matters what statistics you have in the PBX - unless you're actually looking at the PBX for troubleshooting or something like that.
Look for integration options to CRM, helpdesk etc instead.
When a customer, calls it's invaluable to know that they called yesterday and spoke to Joe about XYZ and so on and it took 1 hour with some teamviewer support.
When you log calls in the appropriate systems, managers get the entire picture of what's happening, not just what calls where made.
With libreoffice you can do batch conversion to pdf immediately from the command line like this:
From odt to pdf:
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\swriter.exe" --headless --convert-to pdf *.odt
Replace *.odt with whatever format and wildcard you need.
From docx to pdf:
"C:\Program Files\LibreOffice\program\swriter.exe" --headless --convert-to pdf *.docx
Works the same on linux.
Replace the path to LibreOffice with whatever you have. Above is default for Windows.
@pattonb said in isc-dhcp-server:
Now that isc-dhcp-server is officially eol, what is most/everybody using ?
isc-kea ? or ????
We use the firewalls dhcp server, which happens to use ics dhcp. But in either case there's no point in doing anything at the moment. Making a decision on a replacement is a couple of years away from now.
When distros deprecate the ics-dhcp package then it's time to see what options there are. We use debian and given each release lifecycle that will be a decision for debian 13 (the next, next release) which will probably happen late 2025.
If you're buying into the Dymo ecosystem it would have been smart to get the 550 turbo model instead, since it has a network connection.
Trying to make it work with some old usb print server is just setting yourself up for failure.
I can't really think of any reason to connect a printer with USB in this day and age. At least not for printers that are stationary. So as a general rule a printer that has a network connection should be the first criteria when buying something.
What is Postcard? I thought SMS postcards was SMS mass marketing?
Anyway, appointment reminders are just transactional SMS.
There are plenty of SMS services that can send whatever SMS you want and have their own APIs. We use Clickatell for instance.
You can also trigger SMS services from apps like Zapier, Zoho Flow and many other integration apps without having to code anything. Basically connecting calendar events with the SMS API.
For example have Zapier send SMS reminders for google calendar events:
https://zapier.com/apps/sms/integrations/google-calendar
@JasGot said in Slack? What is it?:
@flaxking said in Slack? What is it?:
At it's core Slack is a chat app. Think Teams without video calls or SharePoint integration.
It's also kind of treated like a shared mailbox. I.e. a channel will get sent alerts, and that's how people get notified and can talk about it right at the alert.
"ChatOps" is kind of the next step here where with integrations and bots, you can trigger actions from right within Slack. A benefit of this is that the log of the action and the conversation surrounding it is all logged in the same place. Someone looking back at what was done could see the whole history of events (alert raised, talk that something should be done about it, and the action being done triggered and recorded right there)
I have never heard of Slack being the only interface for something except for internal tools. It makes the most sense to use it for integrations when you're already having conversations there, but maybe the benefits of having the action log and the ability for different people using the integration to leave notes in the chat could mean it could be worth it to use if there are not other tools that does the same thing.
Thank you. This answer is exactly the info I was hoping to hear. It looks like Slack will work great if we choose NOT to use another full service sms reminder provider.
For example, we are comparing what Slack can do for us with ClickSend, TextBetterInc, Text-Em-All, and SimpleTexting.
What @flaxking is trying to say is that you DON'T want Slack. Normally calendar reminders over SMS is something that is fully automatic once it's in operation.
Skyetel's Postcards for Slack is the ability to chat (send and receive) SMS and MMS from your Skyetel phone numbers, using Slack as the UI.
https://support.skyetel.com/hc/en-us/articles/4402279765911-Postcards-for-Slack
If your customers wants to chat over SMS that might be the right thing. If you want automatic calendar reminders to go out then it's not what you're looking for. Then you want something that can integrate with Skyetel's SMS API directly.
@travisdh1 said in Printer Recommendations??:
@Danp said in Printer Recommendations??:
@jt1001001 said in Printer Recommendations??:
High volume (500 pages/month B&W)
Is that really considered high volume? Personally, I would put that in the low volume category.
I agree, high volume would be more like 500 pages per day.
That said, I've had good luck with Xerox's solid ink printers in the past. ~2 million pages in 2 years with them at a previous job. Xerox ColorQube 8700 or 8900 are the current multifunction models.
A lot of printers have printer duty cycle in the specs. So you can get the right type of printer for the job.
Something like a HP Laserjet Pro M400 series has recommended max volume of 750-4000 pages per month.
@JasGot said in Slack? What is it?:
@Pete-S said in Slack? What is it?:
If you want automatic calendar reminders to go out then it's not what you're looking for. Then you want something that can integrate with Skyetel's SMS API directly.
This doesn't exist and I am not building one.
Why does it have to be Skyetel? If it's just a reminder, like "don't forget your dentist appointment tomorrow" the number used doesn't matter.
All the automation apps (like zapier, microsoft flow etc) doesn't require you to program a single line of code. You just set up the trigger and what action to take and you're done.
Some booking apps also have direct support for SMS reminders and in that case you don't need any external automation. Microsoft Bookings for example if your customer is Microsoft-centric. I have no experience with Bookings myself.
@JasGot said in Slack? What is it?:
@scottalanmiller said in Slack? What is it?:
Think XMPP for the modern era
Are there any intra-office apps for this? We have been using Spark on top of Ignite for many years.
Is there anything you like btter?
For Microsoft users Microsoft Teams is the goto intra-office messaging platform.
As Scott mentioned earlier all the business messaging apps are on parity with each other.
Anyone using yubikey, smart card or other hardware device for MFA?
I wonder how it works from the users perspective. I've never used any of them myself and I wonder if it's practical or not.
And if it makes MFA more secure or not. I guess it should.
@pmoncho said in Anyone using yubikey, smart card or other hardware device for MFA?:
@scottalanmiller said in Anyone using yubikey, smart card or other hardware device for MFA?:
@CCWTech @pchiodo and I were discussing this just this week. @CCWTech got a classic RSA key from his bank and we were talking about what a total joke it was. It's this bulky key you have to carry around and the security on it is a joke. It shows the key at all times and is super visible. You can't hide it, you can't secure it.
Using Authy, OneAuth or Authenticator you have all this heavy security protecting access to the app, it's in a convenient place on a device that you have with you anyway, and it's only visible when you want it to be visible. And it's on a device you know if you've lost. Rather than being a key you can go months without using, easily misplace, and if someone stole it you'd likely not know for months.
(Using Authy for the last 3 years)
I have thought this for a while now but felt I was wrong somehow. With the articles I have read over the last few years it seems most point to physical hardware based tokens are more secure.
I have limited knowledge in this area, so, what the heck am I missing? Does yubikey provide better security than Authy????
I did some research now and one obvious difference is that yubikey can't be phished.
Authy uses a OTP, same as Google Authenticator and many others and a user can be tricked into entering their credentials and their OTP into a fake website. The attacker then uses that information within seconds on the real website and has now gained access.
Since yubikey is a physical device it can't be phished, because the attacker doesn't have the physical device.
Another thing is that even if someone has gained remote access to your desktop/phone, the yubikey device can't be used to authenticate - even if it's plugged in. The user has to press a physical button on it.
That's what I've gathered so far. And that Cloudflare swears by them.
On wikipedia it also says that Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Twitter, and Facebook uses yubikeys to secure employee accounts.
@NashBrydges said in Fedora 33 SSH Access Denied But Webmin Works Fine:
@Pete-S I can edit any of the files, just don't know where and what edits to make.
OK, I got you. Please run the command below to see the contents of the ssh config file.
cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Or open the file /etc/ssh/sshd_config if there is an editor for that.
You're looking for a line that says PermitRootLogin
PermitRootLogin
Specifies whether root can log in using ssh(1). The
argument must be yes, prohibit-password,
forced-commands-only, or no. The default is
prohibit-password.
If this option is set to prohibit-password (or its
deprecated alias, without-password), password and keyboard-
interactive authentication are disabled for root.
If this option is set to forced-commands-only, root login
with public key authentication will be allowed, but only if
the command option has been specified (which may be useful
for taking remote backups even if root login is normally
not allowed). All other authentication methods are
disabled for root.
If this option is set to no, root is not allowed to log in.