If for any particular reason you need to password protect a Web directory, on an Apache Web server using htaccess, here are steps below : 1. If not already existing, create a file name “.htaccess” at the root of the folder you want to protect : touch .htaccess 2. Make sure it is readable by… Read More »
Experiencing the following issue trying to delete a domain in your cPanel account? The subdomain hostname_domain.tld does not correspond to domain.tld. Have a look if the domain isn’t listed in “Addon Domains” or “Alias”. If the domain show up in either of those category, try deleting from there first. In this case, it turned out… Read More »
A friend of mine who was used to the legacy and EOL SSG/ScreenOS platform and he just jumped into the new world of SRX/JunOS gave me the motivation to write this article. As the syntax is quite different between the two platform, it may be harder to get at first and the following example should… Read More »
Getting the following error on your Juniper EX/MX/QFX virtual chassis? fpc1 CMLC: Going disconnected; Routing engine chassis socket closed abruptly This message is informational and does not necessary indicate any serious issue, for example in a graceful Routing Engine switchover (GRES) context / if you flipped the routing-engine (RE) on purpose. However if this is… Read More »
I ran into a weird issue trying to adopt several Ubiquiti UniFi AP Mesh Pro access points on a newly created site within the UniFi controller lately. Here is the behavior encountered : – Newly UniFi access point deployed showed up in the controller for adoption ; – Clicking “Adopt” did started the provisioning process… Read More »
If you are wondering why copying text from your VMware Workstation host to your Debian guest VM isn’t working, it is most likely because you either do not have the virtualization tools installed or have the wrong one installed. VMware does provide what is commonly called “VMware Tools”, however those need to be compiled from… Read More »
As much as I love Windows Server 2016 compared to previous versions, there is nothing that annoy me more that the Server Manager opening when I logon. Fortunately, there is a way to disable it using Group Policy editor. NOTE : If you are not within a domain group environment (Active Directory), there is an… Read More »
If your Power over Ethernet (PoE) device(s) connected to an EX 4300-48p switch suddenly lose power unexpectedly after some time working just fine, you may be experiencing PoE controller software issue. First of all, verify if you are not over your PoE power budget (this could be sometimes the case when you have a LOT… Read More »
Experiencing the following issue trying to update your Debian distro using apt-get? # apt-get update Ign:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch InRelease Hit:2 http://deb.debian.org/debian stretch Release Ign:3 http://repo.r1soft.com/apt stable InRelease Hit:4 http://repo.r1soft.com/apt stable Release Hit:5 http://security.debian.org/debian-security stretch/updates InRelease Ign:8 https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge InRelease Hit:9 https://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge Release Err:11 https://packages.sury.org/php stretch InRelease FailReason: ConnectionRefused Reading package lists… Done W: Failed… Read More »
If you want your SRX firewall to handle DNS requests on your network, you need to configure the forwarders to make this possible, in addition to a few other parameters. First, make sure you have no local forwarders set on the device itself as it cannot be used along with the dns-proxy service – if… Read More »