Author Archives: morsing

VI changing to lowercase

Posted on June 2, 2020 by morsing

I don’t know why I can never remember this one, but here it is for reference: :%s/.*/\L& .* = Match line& = What was matched No need for /g as .* already matches the line, and .* if faster than … Continue reading →

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Can’t bosboot on Veritas cluster

Posted on November 19, 2019 by morsing

I had an AIX Veritas cluster using DMP disk paths which couldn’t run bosboot or much else. Rootvg seemed locked down. The two commands below fixed it. vxdmpadm native enable vgname=rootvg vxdmpadm native release followed by: vxdmpadm native aqcuire These … Continue reading →

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Zoneminder upgrade

Posted on May 15, 2019 by morsing

I recently had to upgrade from Debian Sid to Buster and this seemed to break Zoneminder. The first problem was both PHP 7.0 and 7.3 were now installed and Apache was using 7.0 still. This made going to the Zoneminder … Continue reading →

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AOC monitor software maximizes windows on movement

Posted on August 26, 2017 by morsing

I recently purchased an AOC monitor and installing their software broke Windows. I have only just managed to fix it, NOT with help from their “support” staff! Installing AOC’s Screen+ software, everytime I tried moving a window, both my screen … Continue reading →

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Finding SQL query in TCP stream

Posted on July 11, 2017 by morsing

Just a little one to remember, as I use this occasionally, with this tcpdump you can read SQL queries, rsh commands etc: tcpdump -i en0 -s 0 -l -w – dst port 3306 | strings  

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DHCPv6 and finding DUID

Posted on January 30, 2016 by morsing

As you probably know if you are using IPv6 at home, Privacy Extentions are a pain, Apple devices are a pain, “smart” phones are a pain, etc. The problem is that privacy extentions makes it impossible to set-up as firewall … Continue reading →

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rmsock bug and workaround

Posted on January 30, 2016 by morsing

I found a bug in rmsock on AIX 6.1 TL9 recently which caused a server crash. If run on a socket ID that has disappeared, the server just dumps and reboots. I came up with a work around for identifying … Continue reading →

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NFS soft versus hard mounts

Posted on June 28, 2013 by morsing

We had an “interesting” debate in the office yesterday. And when I say interesting it was more like “heated”. Soft vs. hard NFS mounts is really something that gets people going, mainly because some people has been annoyed by a … Continue reading →

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Entering BIOS on a Toshiba Satellite C855-2F0 laptop

Posted on April 10, 2013 by morsing

I recently bought a Toshiba Satellite with the intention of putting Linux (Ubuntu) on it. The first hurdle turned out to get it to boot from a DVD or USB stick. I don’t understand why it has to be so … Continue reading →

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IRC and ##aix

Posted on November 11, 2012 by morsing

A kind of a follow-up from a well-known AIX blogger, promoting IRC and the AIX related channel ##aix. Even though IRC is old, there really isn’t any other equivalent medium to replace it, and with its continued popularity, that is … Continue reading →

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