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Feb 10, 2012
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“It’s just not goin’ through!” – A Tale from Userland

The Nubby Admin ― “It’s just not goin’ through!” said the Southern gentleman in a perplexed but gentle tone. I was doing simple desktop support style work for a small organization that I’ve been acquainted with for several years. They&... (More)
Posted on Feb 10th, 2012
Feb 9, 2012
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The 2011 ServerFault Challenge Duck Award Ceremony

The Nubby Admin ― Back in January of 2011 I announced a ServerFault 10K challenge. The premise was to gain ten thousand points on ServerFault (or, alternatively, the StackExchange site of your choosing). Many joined, only a select few achieved the goal. Prizes were... (More)
Posted on Feb 9th, 2012
Feb 6, 2012
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Iomega Jaz Disks – Why Didn’t They Take Off?

The Nubby Admin ― I’ve cleaned many a back room computer closet and found quite a number of artifacts that belie how far technology has come in just slightly more than a decade. One such item is the Iomega Jaz drive. I found a package of Jaz disks at a client... (More)
Posted on Feb 6th, 2012
Jan 25, 2012
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How a DevOp Solves Every Systems Administration Problem

The Nubby Admin ― I’m hoping to explore the DevOps phenomena a bit more, as I’ve seen what I believe are some colossal stretches of reasoning lately. To be sure, what I’ve gathered of that general line of thinking seems to be quite an improvement on... (More)
Posted on Jan 25th, 2012
Jan 23, 2012
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Software Piracy and the Existence of Moral Absolutes

The Nubby Admin ― (Before I start, I’d like to make it clear that I am not “calling out” anyone. This post started out as a comment on the blog post I refer to below, however my words quickly grew in number and I decided to make my own blog post on... (More)
Posted on Jan 23rd, 2012
Jan 20, 2012
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Need Some Comic Relief? READ MOAR SPAM!!

The Nubby Admin ― I was stopped in my mouse tracks the other day while attempting to achieve Inbox Zero for a certain client’s stack of e-mail tickets. I received a spam email message that was so bad, it was good. I really got a lift out of it. I’m going... (More)
Posted on Jan 20th, 2012
Jan 13, 2012
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If You Like RoboCopy, Consider RichCopy Too

The Nubby Admin ― Earlier this week, I found out how to copy file and directory permissions using RoboCopy. To quote Jessica @UberGeekGirl DeVita after I tweeted about my adventures with RoboCopy: Robocopy ftw However, there are two main disadvantages to RoboCopy... (More)
Posted on Jan 13th, 2012
Jan 9, 2012
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How to Copy File and Directory Permissions in Windows Using RoboCopy

The Nubby Admin ― My Problem I have sometimes had to copy the permissions on one directory over to another directory. Sometimes it’s simply due to the migration of files from one server to another. Other times it’s for the purpose of backing up ACL entries... (More)
Posted on Jan 9th, 2012
Jan 6, 2012
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How Does a Jr SysAdmin Solve a Broken Web App?

The Nubby Admin ― Some discussion with some colleagues made me consider how someone who was lazy / inexperienced / crushed for time might be tempted to solve a web app problem. If you’ve performed the following operation…. just sit in the corner and think... (More)
Posted on Jan 6th, 2012
Jan 1, 2012
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The 2011 ServerFault Challenge Results

The Nubby Admin ― One year has come and gone! In early 2011 I started a challenge to all interested Systems Administrators to add 10,000 points to their existing ServerFault reputation. Quite a few people signed up for it, but how many actually made it to the finish... (More)
Posted on Jan 1st, 2012
Dec 12, 2011
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Announcing the ServerFault Steam Group

The Nubby Admin ― Are you a SysAdmin? Are you also a gamer? Do you use the Steam platform? If you answered yes to all three of those questions, you have a new group that you can join. It’s the ServerFault Steam group. While the group’s name and logo show... (More)
Posted on Dec 12th, 2011
Dec 9, 2011
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Scumbag Cisco Press, Part 2

The Nubby Admin ― Seriously, Cisco Press. What is your problem? I used to think you were incompetent. Now I think you’re deliberately evil. They explicitly stated that transport layer traffic that uses UDP is called a “datagram.” That stands to... (More)
Posted on Dec 9th, 2011
Dec 6, 2011
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Definitive List of Web-Based Server Control Panels

The Nubby Admin ― I’ve been researching web-based server control panels for a few months now. Most people will likely think of cPanel when they hear the phrase “server control panel” and have visions of web hosts dancing in their heads. Server... (More)
Posted on Dec 6th, 2011
Dec 2, 2011
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Scumbag Cisco Press, Part 1

The Nubby Admin ― Oh Cisco Press. Why must you annoy me so. (More)
Posted on Dec 2nd, 2011
Nov 29, 2011
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Why The Nubby Admin Has Been Censored

The Nubby Admin ― If you look at the top of my blog you’ll see an oddly place rectangle that touts “Stop Censorship.” Depending on your browser dimensions it might be obscuring the whole “logo” as well as a few tabs. What is this all... (More)
Posted on Nov 29th, 2011
Nov 28, 2011
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Piping Bash Output to the X Clipboard

The Nubby Admin ― While mucking about in bash with some files containing rather cryptic text, I needed to easily copy and paste it into a web browser. I had hoped that perhaps there was a built-in tool or interface that could help me. Perhaps /dev/clipboard? Yes, I... (More)
Posted on Nov 28th, 2011
Nov 21, 2011
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Password Protecting Existing RSA or DSA Private Keys

The Nubby Admin ― This one goes out to Michael @Voretaq7 Graziano. He’s been sharpening his collection of wiggle blade daggers ever since he discovered that I access one server of mine using a password-less RSA keypair. I finally got around to rectifying that... (More)
Posted on Nov 21st, 2011
Nov 18, 2011
Wesley Nonapeptide posted a new topic.
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My Brief Observations on The Changing Generational Views on Vocation and Calling

The Nubby Admin ― As I’ve been making my way in the realm of the self employed, I’ve had cause to stop and consider the different ways and means by which people make a living. Just the other day, I made an interesting obvervation concerning how the... (More)
Posted on Nov 18th, 2011
Nov 14, 2011
Wesley Nonapeptide posted a new topic.
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Solving “Event 129 nvstor64 reset to device, DeviceRaidPortN was issued” and “Event 5 nvstor63 A parity error was...

The Nubby Admin ― My Problem: I have an HP ML 115 G5 server that uses a NVIDIA NFP3400 Chipset for storage. I have two pairs of hard drives that are mirrored. The Windows Server 2008 event log was displaying the following errors reported by the nvstor64 driver: Event... (More)
Posted on Nov 14th, 2011
Nov 11, 2011
Wesley Nonapeptide posted a new topic.
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Are You a DBA? Would You Like to be Launched Into Space?

The Nubby Admin ― Disclaimer: I have and do write for various RedGate Software websites as an independent author. I have received no kickback from writing this blog post other than perhaps making David Convery smile for a fraction of a second. RedGate Software has... (More)
Posted on Nov 11th, 2011
Nov 4, 2011
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MXToolbox Lists Ten of the Best Email Related Tools Online

The Nubby Admin ― This is a short “reblog” of a post that MXToolbox recently made concerning their favorite email related tools. Every year for the last three years they compile a list of their employees’ favorite online tools for email... (More)
Posted on Nov 4th, 2011
Oct 31, 2011
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How to Utilize More than 4GB of RAM in 32-bit Fedora 14

The Nubby Admin ― My primary machine for work and play is a nearly-four-year-old laptop. It’s a Dell XPS m1530 and it has been true to me for most of its life. At the time of purchase in December of 2007 I bought a no-fault warranty for an extra $400 or $500... (More)
Posted on Oct 31st, 2011
Oct 21, 2011
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How Does a Windows Administrator React When Seeing Linux for the First Time?

The Nubby Admin ― (This is the sequel to “How Does a Windows Administrator Solve Every Problem?“ Apologies to Hyperbole and a Half) (More)
Posted on Oct 21st, 2011
Oct 17, 2011
Wesley Nonapeptide posted a new topic.
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My Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA) Certification Experience

The Nubby Admin ― As of Friday, October 14th of 2011 I am officially a Certified Wireless Network Administrator (CWNA). The vendor neutral certification is designed and put forth by CWNP, Inc which stands for Certified Wireless Networking Professional. My Experience:... (More)
Posted on Oct 17th, 2011
Oct 14, 2011
Wesley Nonapeptide posted a new topic.
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Scumbag Wireless Neighbors

The Nubby Admin ―   This is Scumbag Steve, for the uninitiated (AKA non-Redditors). (More)
Posted on Oct 14th, 2011
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How to Find a Linux Partition’s Filesystem Type

The Nubby Admin ― Certainly this is a most basic task, but I am a most basic Linux user. There will come a time when you want to find out what filesystem a partition has on it. There are two types of partitions. Those that are mounted and those that are not. I’... (More)
Posted on Oct 14th, 2011
Wesley Nonapeptide posted a new topic.
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What is the Difference Between fsck, fsck.ext2, fsck.ext3, fsck.ext4 and e2fsck? Not much.

The Nubby Admin ― Recently I had a little issue with my laptop’s filesystem. I’m running Fedora 14 with ext4 partitions and had to run fsck to clear it up. Or at least, I had to run some mutation of fsck. The plethora of options that were available to me... (More)
Posted on Oct 14th, 2011
Sep 29, 2011
Wesley Nonapeptide posted a new topic.
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How to Force ‘Remove-Item’ to Delete Items and Suppress the Confirmation Prompt in Windows PowerShell

The Nubby Admin ― The Problem: In Windows Powershell, deleting items with Remove-Item causes a confirmation prompt to stop a script from functioning. The prompt says: Confirm The item at [path] has children and the Recurse parameter was not specified. If you continue,... (More)
Posted on Sep 29th, 2011
Sep 26, 2011
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Three Flash Storage Vendors you Don’t Know About but Should

The Nubby Admin ― I’m a closet storage geek. I don’t have a lot of clients that need really cool storage products, but I wish I did. When I can, I try to read up on as much information about the storage world as possible. I’ve come across three... (More)
Posted on Sep 26th, 2011
Sep 22, 2011
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Live Blog: Interface 2011

The Nubby Admin ― Today I’m at the Phoenix, Arizona leg of Interface 2011. Once again, the event is billed as being in Phoenix, but it’s really somewhere rather far away from “Phoenix” proper. Technically it’s at Ft. Mcdowell at a Radisson... (More)
Posted on Sep 22nd, 2011

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