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Linux Samba server and GNU/Linux Samba client tutorial
I want to share from the server a directory, and use that directory share on the client computer. Using the Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows "Server Message Block" (SMB)/CIFS directory sharing protocol.
I have created two Kubuntu 26.04 virtual machines: a Samba server and a Samba client.
Samba server: 192.168.122.202. Computer name: ASERVER. User name: sadmin.
Samba client: 192.168.122.92. Username: administrator.
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Identify GUI binaries in /usr/bin via ELF dynamic section inspection
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[Proprietary / Vendor Lock-in] University of Toronto ☛ Why one of our systems had very slow systemd session starts
Yesterday I wrote about how on one of our servers, systemd took three seconds to load (user) units as part of setting up your systemd user session. I also mentioned that various operations were unusually slow on the system in general, but I couldn't see anything in our metrics system to suggest slow IO or the like. Today, I solved both problems and it turned out to be our own fault.
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TecMint ☛ frp: Access Local Services Behind NAT Without Port Forwarding
frp solves this by reversing the connection direction: your local machine connects out to a public server, and the tunnel it creates carries traffic back in.
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OSTechNix ☛ Containerize a Legacy Linux Application Without Downtime
Some organizations bring in a software partner to modernize a legacy system without replacing it to manage that risk directly. For teams that want to containerize a legacy Linux application in-house, containerization can provide a controlled starting point by packaging the application and its required runtime dependencies into an isolated, reproducible environment.
The steps below walk through the process in order: assess whether the application is a good fit, map its real dependencies, build and test a working container, and roll it into production gradually.
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Chris Burnell ☛ HTML Can Do That · Chris Burnell
HTML has been gobbling up swathes of what used to be JavaScript’s remit. This page lists a bunch of dynamic functionality that we can now achieve with just HTML.
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[Old] Conrad Research Corporation ☛ CSS Nesting is Now Baseline Supported
Nested CSS is now baseline; meaning that it's finally supported across all the major browsers. We've been playing around with it and have found it really improves readability of your CSS. Let's go through some examples.
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[Old] Ryan Cheley ☛ Migrating to Hetzner with Coolify
A few weeks ago, I got to watch Jeff Triplett migrate DjangoPackages from DigitalOcean to Hetzner1 using Coolify. The magical world of Coolify made everything look just so ... easy. Jeff mentioned that one of the driving forces for the decision to go to Hetzner was the price, that is Hetzner is cheaper but with the same quality.