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    flaxking

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    • Landed a new job

      I just landed a new job that I'm pretty excited about. My current position moved slowly back from development into straight up IT, so I'm glad to be a software developer again.

      My new company has good benefits and I know some people that work there and it sounds like they treat their employees really well.

      If I didn't get this job, I might have given up on developer. There's so much work involved in dev hiring processes.

      posted in IT Careers
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    • RE: Comparing ELK and GrayLog

      Does anyone have an updated comparison to share?

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • SAM's New Business Venture

      Does anyone else think a Gordon Ramsay esque TV show called IT Nightmares would be a great idea?

      https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/lfoklv/does_anyone_else_think_a_gordon_ramsay_esque_tv/

      The way I would see it is as mostly directed at business owners and getting them to understand the role of IT in their business.

      "That's an HR problem, not an IT problem."

      posted in Water Closet
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    • Looking for Senior IT Admins

      https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/27734586

      The title on the job site isn't really accurate. The website restricts what titles we can post, requirements, etc. We are not just looking for network admins. We have a couple different positions we need to fill. One of which will require VMWare experience.

      International applicants accepted, with option to work remotely.

      I am not a part of the hiring process, but I can try to answer questions. Might have to be through direct message though.

      posted in Job Postings
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    • Hiring infrastructure technician

      https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/27439166

      The current job posting is kind of lame, but we probably will have something better out in the future. We are actually hiring multiple positions, with different specialities. I can't say too much right now, but we have some exciting stuff on the horizon, and there is opportunity to get into some cool 'DevOps' style stuff.

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    • LinkedIn Endorsements

      I know I'm far from one of the top contributors to ML, but if there's something you feel comfortable with endorsing me on, please send me a message and I'll send you my LinkedIn url.

      A couple of my topics:
      https://mangolassi.it/topic/15305/salt-grain-to-retrieve-users-present-on-minion-windows
      https://mangolassi.it/topic/18764/create-a-vm-on-vultr-using-terraform-on-gitlab
      https://mangolassi.it/topic/19224/gitlab-install-on-centos-using-salt

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    • Pluralsight Free Weekend

      Pluralsight has a free weekend promotion going on right now.

      https://pluralsight.pxf.io/c/1197078/668288/7490

      I'm a big fan of their courses, I find their videos to be high qualify and a great way to get an intro to something new.

      However if you sign up for a free Visual Studio Dev Essentials account, I believe there is still a promo for 3 months of free Pluralsight.

      posted in Training
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    • Salt grain to retrieve users present on minion (Windows)

      I've seen some doubts around about how useful Salt would be for desktop administration, so I thought I would share my Salt grain that makes things easier for me. It gives you a list of users that have profiles on that minion. So the end result is that you can do this in your states:

      {% for usr in grains['present_users'] %}
      
      C:\Users\{{ usr }}\AppData\Local\Something:
        file.directory:
          - makedirs: True
      
      {% endfor %}
      

      This has only been tested on Salt 2017.7.1, and it will definitely break with the next major release because they are changing some things that it relies on.

      To use this custom grain, create a _grains folder within your salt states folder/repo, then save this as a file there:

      presentusersgrain.py

      import socket
      
      import salt.utils
      if salt.utils.is_windows():
          import salt.utils.winapi
          import wmi
      
      def presentusers():
          if salt.utils.is_windows():
              with salt.utils.winapi.Com():
                  wmi_c = wmi.WMI()
                  userprofiles = [x.LocalPath.split('\\')
                                  for x in wmi_c.Win32_UserProfile()]
                  sysprof = ['systemprofile', 'ServiceProfiles']
                  userlist = [x[-1] for x in userprofiles
                              if not any(word in x for word in sysprof)]
              return {'present_users': userlist}
      
          return {'present_users': 'n/a'}
      

      Then run salt '*' saltutil.sync_grains to sync the custom grain to your minions. Now run salt '*' grains.items to see your new grain

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • DB Admin/Data Analyst (Remote)

      Job posting isn't up yet, so you guys are getting it first.

      Custom Software Solutions http://www.cssionline.com is going to be looking for someone with DBA experience so assist with our reporting and business analytics solutions and well as other projects working with our databases. Some programming experience is definitely an asset. The person who fills this position will be working closely with one of our DBAs/Developers.

      Experience in the following is an asset:
      VB6/C#
      MS SQL Server
      Power BI

      Email resume to employment@cssionline.com

      posted in Job Postings
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    • RDP - Whitelist IP address with 2 step authentication?

      I was looking at multiOTP, which looks like it would be a good free way of implementing 2-step authentication for RDP
      https://github.com/multiOTP/multiotp/wiki
      http://servilon.com/two-factor-authentication/

      But I would imagine that in SMB, people would find it annoying to have to get a code every time.

      And then I found this post that makes me think you could use the 2-step authentication in order to whitelist IPs

      https://www.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/16y3da/2_factor_ssh_login_via_google_authentication/c80k44d/

      Maybe I'll try to lab it sometime

      posted in IT Discussion
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    Latest posts made by flaxking

    • RE: Once off or short term remote access solution

      @pmoncho said in Once off or short term remote access solution:

      I have used Remote Utilities in the past. Not bad for 10 free systems.

      https://www.remoteutilities.com - Per their licensing page

      885ff312-82f7-449b-9276-6788d2837c4e-image.png

      I've also used Remote Utilities before. It worked well and RDP mode was pretty slick. However, I don't believe it is designed around one time access.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: FOSS Android parental control

      I know this is more of an HR problem than an IT problem, but my boss is insisting.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • FOSS Android parental control

      I'm interested in having a a dedicated Android device for my soon-to-be two-year-old.

      I'm not sure if I'm really comfortable with parental controls from any of the big players. I was thinking LineageOS and then a launcher with good parental controls. I've looked around a bit for a launcher, but I haven't seen a clear contender yet.

      Are there any good launchers for kids that you would recommend, or any other apps to aid in parental control that I should look into?

      posted in Water Closet
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    • RE: Microsoft.Com new accounts limited to Outlook and Hotmail?

      @dashrender apparently someone wanted it because @msn.com is a short domain name and addresses referencing recent culture are still available.

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Microsoft.Com new accounts limited to Outlook and Hotmail?

      On an unrelated note, I heard you can still get an @msn.com address is you sign up for MSN Premium

      posted in IT Discussion
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    • RE: Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play

      @scottalanmiller said in Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play:

      Oblivion

      Should be Morroblivion IMO, but I'm probably going to just be playing different versions of Morrowind for the rest of my life. Maybe Morrowind will be the first VR game I play.

      posted in Water Closet
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    • My old job - Canada Only

      https://www.jobbank.gc.ca/jobsearch/jobposting/34056424

      posted in Job Postings
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    • RE: Staying at your shitty employer is your fault

      At my new job we estimate 5/8 hours in a day for spending on your actual work.

      posted in IT Careers
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    • RE: Staying at your shitty employer is your fault

      Some companies that invested heavily into company culture might be worried about how to make the transition to remote and keep the same company culture. It can be hard to have the equivalent of music events, beer on tap, etc.

      The reality is that company culture would not stay the same, a new remote company culture based on the ashes of the old culture has to be created.

      posted in IT Careers
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    • RE: Gaming - What's everyone playing / hosting / looking to play

      TES3MP
      I'm pretty impressed they turned Morrowind into an MMO
      I may want to get into running my own server one day.

      posted in Water Closet
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