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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      If sneezes are hurting people, then maybe we need to look at writing laws that bans sneezes.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      Creating a user for HR because HR cannot remember that IT has a 2-day turn around policy and just hires anybody off of the streets into HR (not really I hope, but that sure is what it feels like).

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Non-IT News Thread

      @mlnews said in Non-IT News Thread:

      Research finds that Doing Dishes is the Worst, officially. This is now an empirically proven fact. Dishwashing causes more relationship distress than any other household tas

      Women who wash the vast majority of the dishes themselves report more relationship conflict, less relationship satisfaction, and even worse sex, than women with partners who help. Women are happier about sharing dishwashing duties than they are about sharing any other household task.

      Men. Do some dishes once in a while and keep that woman happy...in both rooms. šŸ˜‰

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: I’d rather be....

      @wls-itguy said in I’d rather be....:

      You know what they say "A bad day of fishing is better than a good day at work".

      That's debatable. I don't like to fish, therefore my priorities of work are way higher than that of fishing. šŸ˜‰

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      Veeam announced that you can use CHEF and Terraform to scale B&R infrastructure. OH MY GOSH, my eyes have been opened to the light of CHEF and Terraform. No wonder why @stacksofplates is such a big fan. That's a breakout session that I will post about later.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      Evidently I've had an outage for about 2 days and my wife never told me. Investigated tonight and I wasn't receiving an external IP address. Called SuddenLink support and talked to somebody with at least half a brain. Told her what was going on and actually fixed the issue the first time...without sending somebody out to look at it.

      Maybe there is hope for humanity after all.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @scottalanmiller said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      SMART test

      Seeing how well Fedora runs on it?

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @NerdyDad you need to get the one with the stylus so they have something to poke their eye out with.

      Just wait. Your time is coming...

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: What Are You Doing Right Now

      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @dafyre said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @DustinB3403 said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      @WrCombs said in What Are You Doing Right Now:

      it's barley 8:30 in the morning and I'm already fed up with today.

      It's getting better every minute, because it's one minute closer to quitting time!

      ha yeah, fair enough, but Im just ready to be home.

      If you got the sick time -- burn it, that's what I do, lol... I just call it a mental health day.

      Edit: Seriously get to feeling better / happier.

      Oh i feel fine. Just dont want to be here today. I've already burned my sick time i think.

      Maybe its time to look for other work.

      If you don't wake up wanting to be there, then why are you there?

      posted in Water Closet
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    • Apple Sys Admin job in DFW

      Anybody have 7+ years working with CentOS?

      Check out this job at Apple: https://www.linkedin.com/jobs2/view/253326083

      posted in Job Postings apple centos system administration system admin
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    • Creating a New User with O365 with PowerShell

      This script is a modification of my other script. this one does pretty much the same thing, except that it waits about 30 minutes for an AD Sync to occur before it creates the new user's mailbox in O365. It also manages mailbox sizes, depending on what position they are in, whether they are in management, in IT, or an ordinary user.

      Prerequisites:

      • Microsoft's Remote Server Administration Tool
      • Microsoft Online Services Sign-in Assistant
      • Windows Azure Active Directory Module for Windows PowerShell 64-bit
      #Imports the AD & O365 Modules (Module 1.02)
      Import-Module activedirectory
      Import-Module MSOnline
      
      #Sets Variables (Module 1.03)
      $fn #First Name
      $ln #Last Name
      $title
      $dep #Department
      $loc #Location
      $man #Manager
      $un #Username
      $officePhone
      $streetAdd
      $city
      $ZIP
      $fi #First Name Initial, will be used to figure out Username
      
      #Getting information (Module 1.04)
      Write-Host "I need some information from you first. Answer the following questions to get started."
      $fn = Read-host "First Name?"
      $ln = Read-Host "Last Name?"
      $title = Read-Host "Title?"
      $dep = Read-Host "Department?"
      $man = Read-Host "Manager (Username)?"
      $loc = Read-Host "Loc1 or Loc2?"
      
      #Finding out the Username (Module 1.05)
      $fi = $fn.Substring(0,1)
      $un = -join ($ln, $fi)
      
      #Sets Location information (Module 1.06)
      if ($loc -eq "Loc1") { #If the user is in Loc1 (Module 1.07)
          $officePhone = "(999) 999-9999";
          $streetAdd = "123 Anywhere Drive";
          $city = "YourTown";
          $ZIP = "12345";
      }
      Else { #If the user is in Loc2 (Module 1.08)
          $officePhone = "(987) 654-3210";
          $streetAdd = "987 Nothere Blvd";
          $city = "Somewhere Else";
          $ZIP = "98765";
      }
      
      #Sets Password (Module 1.09)
      $passwd = (Read-Host -AsSecureString "Account Password")
      $password = ConvertFrom-SecureString -SecureString $passwd
      
      $userParams = @{ #(Module 1.10)
      	'Name' = $un;
      	'Enabled' = $true;
      	'AccountPassword' = $passwd; 
      	'UserPrincipalName' = -join ($un, "@mycompany.com");
      	'SamAccountName' = $un;
      	'ChangePasswordAtLogon' = $false;
      	'GivenName' = $fn;
      	'Surname' = $ln;
      	'DisplayName' = -join ($fn, " ", $ln);
      	'Description' = $title;
      	'OfficePhone' = $officePhone;
      	'StreetAddress' =  $streetAdd;
      	'City' = $city;
      	'State' = "Texas";
      	'PostalCode' = $ZIP;
      	'Title' = $title;
      	'Department' = $dep;
      	'Company' = 'MyCompany';
      	'Manager' = $man;
      }
      
      #Creates the user in AD (Module 1.11)
      New-ADUser @userParams
      
      #Wait for the account to be created before doing anything else (Module 1.12)
      Start-Sleep -Seconds 10
      
      #Makes the user's network drive and scan folder (Module 1.13)
      if ($loc -eq "Loc1") { #If the user is in Loc1 (Module 1.14)
      New-Item -Name $un -ItemType directory -Path "\\server\folder\" #Creates users network drive
      New-Item -Name scans -ItemType directory -Path "\\server\folder\$un\" #Creates users scan folder
      }
      Else { #If the user is in Loc2 (Module 1.15)
      New-Item -Name $un -ItemType directory -Path "\\server\folder\" #Creates users network drive
      New-Item -Name scans -ItemType directory -Path "\\server\folder\$un" #Creates users scan folder
      }
      
      #Adds the user to the correct Security Group for permissions and other network drives
      if ($dep -eq "Accounting"){ #(Module 1.16)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Accounting' -Members $un #(Module 1.17)
      } #Adds the user to the Accounting Group
      Elseif ($dep -eq "Customer Service") { #(Module 1.18)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Customer Service' -Members $un #(Module 1.19)
      } #Adds the user to the Customer Service Group
      Elseif ($dep -eq "Executives") { #(Module 1.20)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Executives' -Members $un #(Module 1.21)
      } #Adds the user to the Executives Group
      Elseif ($dep -eq "HR") { #(Module 1.22)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Human Resources' -Members $un #(Module 1.23)
      } #Adds the user to the Human Resources Group
      Elseif ($dep -eq "Human Resources") { #(Module 1.24)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Human Resources' -Members $un #(Module 1.25)
      } #Adds the user to the Human Resources Group
      Elseif ($dep -eq "IT") { #(Module 1.26)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Domain Admins' -Members $un #(Module 1.27)
      } #Adds the user to the Domain Admins Group for IT
      Elseif ($dep -eq "Maintenance") { #(Module 1.28)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'MaintGroup' -Members $un #(Module 1.29)
      } #Adds the user to the Maintenance Group
      Elseif ($dep -eq "Production") { #(Module 1.30)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Production' -Members $un #(Module 1.31)
      } #Adds the user to the Production GroupHR
      Elseif ($dep -eq "QA") {  #(Module 1.32)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'QA Group' -Members $un #(Module 1.33)
      } #Adds the user to the QA Group
      Elseif ($dep -eq "Quality Assurance") {  #(Module 1.34)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'QA Group' -Members $un #(Module 1.35)
      } #Adds the user to the QA Group
      Elseif ($dep -eq "Shipping") {  #(Module 1.36)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'SHIP' -Members $un #(Module 1.37)
      } #Adds the user to the Shipping Group
      Else { #(Module 1.38)
      Add-ADGroupMember -Identity 'Domain Users' -Members $un #(Module 1.39)
      } #Dumps the user to the Domain Users Group
      
      $manfn = Get-ADUser $man -Properties Name | select Name #Gets the manager's name (Module 1.40)
      
      #Creates a report of the User's information
      $report = "Hello $fn $ln,
      
      From the IT Department, welcome to <MyCompany>.   We 
      are here to help you connect to the resources that you need for 
      your job.   If you need assistance with technology, please feel 
      free to contact us at either the help page, which is set as your 
      home page in Internet Explorer, email us at 
      helpdesk@<MyCompany>.com, or call us at extension 4357.
      
      Below you will find your information so that you can login to 
      the network and get started:
      
      Your username is domain\$un
      Your password is 
      Your email address is $fn$ln@<MyCompany>.com
      Your phone number is $officePhone Ext. 
      
      It is suggested that you change your password to something that 
      you can remember but difficult enough that somebody else cannot 
      figure out.   The requirement is only 6 characters, but we do 
      advise on making it longer, throw some numbers and special 
      characters in there as well to make it stronger.   Best advice 
      would be to use a pass-PHRASE instead of a pass-WORD.
      
      Your computer should already be setup with your email loaded and 
      your network drives.   At <MyCompany>, we use Microsoft 
      Outlook as the email client.   Depending on what department you 
      are in will depend on what drives you have available.   
      Generally, everybody will have an F: drive and a G: drive.   The 
      F: drive is your network folder.   Place in there the documents 
      that you feel you cannot do your job without.   In the F: drive 
      will be a scan folder.   When you go to the Xerox to scan in 
      documents, then you will find them in your scan folder.   The G: 
      drive is a company-wide shared folder.  As for your department 
      drives, it would be best to talk with $($manfn.name), 
      your supervisor/manager, about the nature and uses of these drives.
      
      The use of the equipment and resources provided are a privilege 
      to you for use and should not be taken advantage of.   There are 
      measures set in place that allows us to manage the network.   Do 
      not assume that there is any personal privacy on this network.   
      The only privacy that you can assume is for the nature of your 
      work.   All information (including emails, documents, 
      spreadsheets, pictures, etc.) contained on the equipment 
      provided and on the network is the sole property of MyCompany.
      
      If you have problems with your equipment or network resources, 
      please feel free to ask.   We do not mind helping, but we cannot 
      help if we do not know, so please ask! 
      
      Sincerely,
      
      
      Your IT Department"
      
      if ($loc -eq "Loc1") { #(Module 1.43)
      Write-Output $report | Out-Printer
      }
      Else { #(Module 1.44)
      Write-Output $report | Out-Printer \\server\'Xerox WorkCentre 4260'
      }
      
      #Invoke a Sync (Module 1.45)
      Invoke-Command -ComputerName <ADSync Server> {Start-ADSyncSyncCycle -PolicyType Delta}
      Start-Sleep -Seconds 60
      
      #Connect to O365 and licenses the user
      Connect-MsolService #(Module 1.46)
      Set-MsolUserLicense -UserPrincipalName (-join($un,'@<MyCompany>.com')) -AddLicenses #(Module 1.47)
      
      #Connects to the Exchange box, creates the users email account, then disconnects from the Exchange box
      $mail = New-PSSession -ConfigurationName Microsoft.Exchange -ConnectionUri https://outlook.office365.com/powershell-liveid/ -AllowRedirection -Authentication Basic -Credential $cred #(Module 1.48-Part 1)
      Import-PSSession $mail -WarningAction SilentlyContinue | Out-Null #(Module 1.48-Part 2)
      enable-Mailbox -Identity $un -Alias $un -DisplayName (-join($fn,$ln)) #Creates the users mailbox (Module 1.49)
      IF ($dep -eq "Executives") { #(Module 1.50)
      Set-Mailbox (-join($un,'@<MyCompany>.com')) -ProhibitSendQuota 19.5GB -ProhibitSendReceiveQuota 20GB -IssueWarningQuota 19GB #Sets the mailbox size in Exchange Online so that the user isn't using all 50 GB of storage (Module 1.51)
      } #If they are an executive, then they get 20 GB of mailbox space
      elseif ($dep -eq "IT") { #(Module 1.52)
      Set-Mailbox (-join($un,'@<MyCompany>.com')) #(Module 1.53)
      } #IT gets the full mailbox, of course 
      else { #(Module 1.54)
      Set-Mailbox (-join($un,'@<MyCompany>.com')) -ProhibitSendQuota 9.5GB -ProhibitSendReceiveQuota 10GB -IssueWarningQuota 9GB #Sets the mailbox size in Exchange Online so that the user isn't using all 50 GB of storage (Module 1.55)
      } #Otherwise, everybody else gets 10 GB of mailbox space
      Remove-PSSession -Session $mail #Disconnects from the Exchange box (Module 1.56)
      

      A part of the NerdyDad's PowerShell Scripts Series

      posted in Self Promotion script powershell office365 office 365 o365 office 365 administration users nerdydad ps scripts
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    • RE: Replacing the Dead IPOD, SAN Bit the Dust

      Thanks @scottalanmiller for helping me out with this predicament.

      Current status of SAN. Firmware is as updated as it can go right now. I have 2 drives that are rebuilding from a RAID6 array. I have one more drive that is warning me about potential failure but not going to replace it until the other 2 are done rebuilding. The SAN is a Dell EqualLogics PS5000X. Firmware of the controllers are second to the latest firmware.

      Host is a Dell PowerEdge R610 with the 86 GB of RAM and 16 vCPUs with VMware ESXi 6.0. This host currently supports 3 VM's, totaling at about 350 GB of production data. 2 of these VM's is on the local datastore of the host, but 1 VM is actually on that SAN that we need. It totals at 220 GB of data. There are no backups (my mistake).

      We've tried flipflop failovers with the controllers and it only lasts us so long. Long enough to boot the VM backup but not enough time to actually backup the data. The backplane has been replaced. We've tried replacing controllers and all of the disks turned orange instead of green. We went back with the original controller and array began to operate normally again.

      Dell support has advised us to allow for the array to continue rebuilding which was at 17%. Once done, I'm going to attempt to connect to it again and try to pull off the data. Support guy thought that we were overtaxing the SAN and basically freezing it up.

      Besides retiring the thing, are there any pointers that I should consider in order to ensure that the backup or migration is a success?

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: DuoLingo Challenge

      @scottalanmiller Been duolingo off and on. I get to working on it and then stop for a while and my progress just goes back to crap. Need to learn spanish first so that I can talk to the locals that I work with. Then I want to attempt to learn hebrew or greek or something.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: SysAdmin Position Open w/ Comm College in East Texas

      I don't work here but live close to the town that they are hiring at. I would consider the position myself, but for many different reasons, its not right for me. I've applied for positions here before, got into the interview process, and never hired. After 3 times, I've decided that it was never meant to be for me. I also have in-laws that works here, that I would just rather not contend with. I was also a student and got my AA in CompSci here.

      If you're trying to get to Texas and want an environment to work on, here you go.

      posted in Job Postings
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    • RE: Creating a New User with O365 with PowerShell

      Inserted a new line of code at line 82 and 87 to read as follows:

      icacls \\<server>\d$\Users\$un\* /grant $un:F /inheritance:e /T
      

      This line grants the new employee full access to their network folder and subfolders and items.

      posted in Self Promotion
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    • RE: Can You Get to the Spiceworks Community?

      Still nothing here. I'm calling it. Heading out. Have a Happy Thanksgiving everybody.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • And The Matrix begins...

      Back in 1999, The Matrix brought us into a world where machines ruled and man was driven underground, in many different ways. Back then, it was easy to dismiss it as pure fantasy because it seemed not possible with the technologies that we had at the time. However, technology developed faster in the 20th century than it did in the entire 2000 millenia (between 1000-1999).

      However, the acceleration of the evolution of technology has continued to increase. Today, we have home automation, smartphones, smart thermostats, artificial intelligence (in machines, not people), and the Internet. Now, at face value and independent, these are all great things. However, if one company was to make it all and begin to build a profile about you in regards to your use of these things, well then, that could be a totally different story.

      Alphabet (the umbrella company that owns Google, YouTube, Nest, and Android) has stopped their self-driving car project and has created another company called Waymo. At face value, this is a great achievement. More smarter cars would mean safer roads, cost efficiency, and happier people, right? The elderly and disabled can get to the doctors appointments that they need to get to without relying on somebody else. You're essentially giving them their freedom back.

      Business model? I am thinking something similar to Uber. You could put "Waymo by Google" because everybody recognizes the Google branding and feel that they can trust it. Its driverless, so you're not concerned about the creepy driver that you're getting into the car with, and you can be sure that you are going to safely and efficiently get to your destination.

      Now, lets say you carry an Android phone. Or even the new Pixel phone. 'They could possibly know your whereabouts and who you talk to. Do you use Allo or Duo to talk to your friends and family? They could eavesdrop. Have a Nest in your house? They can possibly tell when you're home based on the temperature settings. Are you getting a new Google Home for Christmas? You just let them listen right into your conversations as a family. Have a chromecast? They know what you like to watch. The list can go on and on and you see where I am going with this.

      Has Google done some pretty cool things? Yeah, sure. So, where does The Matrix fit into all of this? That profile that Alphabet could be building of you could also be used to learn about you. Introducing Alice, Bob, and Eve. Three of Google's AI brains, if you will. They are independent projects, under the same portfolio, all owned by Alphabet. The Google Brain project (the portfolio) decided to do a little test. They gave Alice the task of creating an encryption system with a set of random numbers, give the number to Bob, and relay a message to Bob using the encryption that Alice developed. Bob was able to successfully read the message that Alice gave him using the encryption key that Alice gave him. However, when Eve was tasked to read the message without the key, she was unable to. Source

      So, what other technologies could Alphabet be working on? Maybe actual bots to roam your house and help you clean? How about actual Android soldiers so that we don't have to send our own men and women to fight wars for us? How about Android police officers so that discrimination could be a thing of the past? You're then not risking the lives of men and women to keep us safe. Its merely robots going after the bad guys. If they get blown up then we can build another or rebuilt the first.

      What if the AI braintrust decided that they were smarter than us and, in trying to take better care of us, they created a virtual world and have us in that virtual world? Maybe the robots decide that they want their own freewill and decide to make us their slaves instead of the other way around. Kind of far fetched now? A little sci-fi-ish? Maybe I'm a little paranoid. I think I might have lost my tin foil hat. šŸ™‚

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Ten Steps to Linux Survival, Free eBook

      Actual github site.

      https://github.com/dullroar/ten-steps-to-linux-survival/releases

      posted in News
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    • VyOS will not load

      So, at the recommendation of @scottalanmiller, I have installed VyOS on a computer that I have purposed for a firewall for home. I have not made any configurations at all. Literally, downloaded the image, burned it to a disk, and installed it per the VyOS wiki for installation. I typed in "install image", followed the prompts, ejected the disk, and rebooted. I haven't even setup network connections yet (maybe that's the problem?).

      Once the computer is done rebooting, I get a blinking console prompt. I cannot do anything at the console and I can't do anything through putty/serial.

      I feel like such a noob for asking this, but what am I doing wrong?

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: And The Matrix begins...

      @scottalanmiller said in And The Matrix begins...:

      @Dashrender said in And The Matrix begins...:

      @brianlittlejohn said in And The Matrix begins...:

      I've always been more scared of Google than any three letter agency out there.

      ultimately I agree with this.

      Google's goal is to strip us of our money...

      Better than the goal to strip us of our money and our freedom. Three letter agencies do to everyone by force what Google might do with permission.

      This is more of boiling a frog in a pot of water. Except for we are the frog and we just don't know it.

      posted in Water Closet
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