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Sheldon<p>If anyone out there runs a <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Plesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Plesk</span></a> server, check to see if your have a ton of emails stuck in your mail queue. There was a problematic email security update that got applied within the past 12 hours that caused mail queues to stop processing both incoming and outgoing email. </p><p>Fortunately, it's an easy fix.</p><p><a href="https://support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/30609832237591-Unable-to-receive-email-with-Plesk-Email-Security-extension-installed-connect-to-sql-unable-to-connect-to-DSN-DBI-mysql-database-emailsecurity-mysql-socket-var-run-mysqld-mysqld-sock" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">support.plesk.com/hc/en-us/art</span><span class="invisible">icles/30609832237591-Unable-to-receive-email-with-Plesk-Email-Security-extension-installed-connect-to-sql-unable-to-connect-to-DSN-DBI-mysql-database-emailsecurity-mysql-socket-var-run-mysqld-mysqld-sock</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mailserver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mailserver</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/hosting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hosting</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>Question: Nginx or HAProxy as a reverse proxy? I’ve tested both. In some cases, I still need nginx, while in others, after a closer look, it’s not necessary. <br>Performance, etc. <br>Opinions from those who use/have used both?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/nginx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nginx</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/haproxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>haproxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/reverseproxy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reverseproxy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a></p>
Frost, Wolffucker 🐺:therian:<p>Fuck it. How DO you pronounce Nginx?</p><p><a href="https://masto.brightfur.net/tags/nginx" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nginx</span></a> <a href="https://masto.brightfur.net/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://masto.brightfur.net/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://masto.brightfur.net/tags/webdev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>webdev</span></a></p>
randomized<p>Upgrading server is a team effort</p><p><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>caturday</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <br><a href="https://masto.bike/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
nixCraft 🐧<p>I thought 'sudo' meant 'super user do.' Turns out, it also means 'super user undoing everything.' 🤯 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a></p>
Le Journal du hacker<p>Sauvegarder ses données vers un NAS Synology avec BorgBackup <a href="https://www.journalduhacker.net/s/qwnlph/sauvegarder_ses_donn_es_vers_un_nas" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">journalduhacker.net/s/qwnlph/s</span><span class="invisible">auvegarder_ses_donn_es_vers_un_nas</span></a> <a href="https://blog.flozz.fr/2025/03/11/sauvegarder-ses-donnees-vers-un-nas-synology-avec-borgbackup/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">blog.flozz.fr/2025/03/11/sauve</span><span class="invisible">garder-ses-donnees-vers-un-nas-synology-avec-borgbackup/</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/sauvegarde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sauvegarde</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://framapiaf.org/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linux</span></a></p>
Adam<p>🚨 BOOK BUNDLE DEAL 🚨 </p><p>Master Computer Science the fun way with No Starch Press <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nostarch" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nostarch</span></a></span> book bundle while supporting Electronic Frontier Foundation <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@eff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>eff</span></a></span> via Humble Bundle.</p><p>📚 Books are available in ePub, MOBI, and PDF format DRM Free.</p><p><a href="https://www.humblebundle.com/books/computer-science-fun-way-no-starch-books" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">humblebundle.com/books/compute</span><span class="invisible">r-science-fun-way-no-starch-books</span></a></p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/DRMFree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DRMFree</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/dev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dev</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bookstodon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a></p>
Paco Hope #resist<p>I can never remember whether I want</p><pre><code>rsync -a --info=progress2<br></code></pre><p>or</p><pre><code>rsync -a --progress=info2<br></code></pre><p>Like a USB cable, I always do it wrong the first time and then do it right.<br><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/CLI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CLI</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/rsync" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rsync</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a></p>
Stefano Marinelli<p>This morning, once again, I come across an interesting project. I head over to GitHub to take a look.</p><p>I read that the only supported way to use the project is via Docker because "providing installation instructions, given the underlying complexity, would be impossible." Not a fan of that, but okay, I start to understand… So, as I often do, I decide to open the Dockerfile (there’s no Compose). First line:</p><p>FROM alpine:3.14 AS base</p><p>No, your project isn’t "just" complex. It’s running on an outdated and potentially insecure base. And that’s a much bigger problem. It probably means it’s such a mess that updating it is impossible.</p><p>I close the GitHub page and move on with my life. 😆</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/SysAdminLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdminLife</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/IT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>IT</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/tags/Docker" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Docker</span></a></p>
Jonathan Kamens<p>TIL that when you migrate a <a href="https://federate.social/tags/Synology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Synology</span></a> NAS shared drive from one storage volume to another one, hard links are not preserved; linked files are turned into independent copies (taking up twice as much space) during the migration.<br>Not ideal.<br><a href="https://federate.social/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://federate.social/tags/fail" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fail</span></a></p>
bram dingelstad :nb_flag:<p>Time for a new <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/project" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>project</span></a> ✨</p><p>imma be building a <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/homelab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>homelab</span></a> setup, basically a bunch of small servers in a cluster for doing home computation. </p><p>i always find these silly, but i actually have a need for one now that im trying to cut loose from all cloud services/subscriptions</p><p><a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/AlpineLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AlpineLinux</span></a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/RaspberryPi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RaspberryPi</span></a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/Pine64" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pine64</span></a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/SOQuartz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SOQuartz</span></a> <a href="https://gamedev.lgbt/tags/NAS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NAS</span></a></p>
tech<p><a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/heldesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heldesk</span></a></p>
tech<p><a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/heldesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heldesk</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a></p>
Julian Oliver<p>When system administration is not like gardening, it is because I am deploying MailMan. Then, it is wrestling a tentacular sea monster while being mumbled to by a venerable and inebriated UNIX programmer from the barnacled bow of his adrift Sun-2 machine.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/unix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>unix</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a></p>
tech<p><a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/heldesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heldesk</span></a></p>
Aaron Toponce ⚛️:debian:<p>Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon hurtling down the highway.</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <br> <br><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting/comments/20jlv3/never_underestimate_the_bandwidth_of_a_station/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reddit.com/r/mildlyinteresting</span><span class="invisible">/comments/20jlv3/never_underestimate_the_bandwidth_of_a_station/</span></a></p>
Jan Schaumann<p>System Administration</p><p>Week 7, The Domain Name System, Part I</p><p>In this video, we are beginning our discussion of the <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNS</span></a>, the Domain Name System. We go back to the early days of the internet when copying /etc/hosts from system to system was the way to resolve hosts, and we cover the structure of the domain name space and the creation of the top-level domains.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/-bpIT7M9i00" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/-bpIT7M9i00</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/DevOps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DevOps</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/SRE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SRE</span></a></p>
tech<p><a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>funny</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/cloud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cloud</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/sysadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sysadmin</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/infosec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>infosec</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/heldesk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>heldesk</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a></p>
Allen Very Serious Versfeld<p>Recommendations for a lightweight local DNS resolver/cache for my home network?</p><p>Not a fan of the way my router's DNs seems to hijack all queries to redirect to a Network Login page, like this is some sort of free public wifi, whenever the fibre has a hiccup (which has been happening a lot these past few weeks)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/tags/HomeLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HomeLab</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.monoceros.co.za/tags/FreeBSD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeBSD</span></a></p>
Goose is eyeballing you<p>Provided a bunch of training to a new <a href="https://spore.social/tags/SysAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SysAdmin</span></a> this morning, and feel like my workday should be done. Used to love writing and delivering tech training, but these days it just wears me out. That whole "vid chat/people interaction" thing. 😂</p>