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I’m working on migrating more of my RHEL 7 instances to RHEL 8 and I can’t get OpenLDAP server to work on RHEL 8. Is it great that I have so many choices? No – all of them are awful! Option 1: Stop using OpenLDAP, abandon having a directory server for internal use in myContinue reading “OpenLDAP on RHEL 8”

When you measure time based on what is the latest kernel version, or the kernel version used in your distro of choice, you might be most definitely are a Linux geek. If you use the StarDate to measure time, that makes you a serious nerd. Be proud, but also be cautious about surprisingly getting beamedContinue reading “You Know You are a Linux SysAdmin when…”

Sharing is caring. Right? I have written tens of thousands of lines of PowerShell code in the last year but I have not documented or shared it. It’s really a shame, since I reference other people’s posts and GitHub repos. Today was the beginning of what will hopefully be a meaningful contribution to the community.Continue reading “Sharing My Work”

Here’s our security landscape at the beginning of 2022: There are still log4j vulnerabilities still floating around unpatched, and new log4j vulnerabilities popping up. Supply chain issues from 2021 are not getting any better. Organizations are keeping old hardware. In some cases, they can’t afford the inflated prices for a replacement. In others, their purchasesContinue reading “Bug Bounties Are Total Crap And We Are All Doomed Because Big Tech Companies Are Too Damn Cheap”

Last year I made some predictions and it is well past time to “true up” and see how accurate I was. Here is the link to my 2021 predictions: https://hoymanor.com/2021/01/11/predictions-for-2021/ Prediction 1: Monstrously huge data breach. I predicted a single breach affecting a minimum of 300 million people. All the 2021 data breaches together affectedContinue reading “2021 Predictions Reviewed, and New Prediction for 2022”

Not much other than COVID and crime has been hitting the news lately, and our world is so haywire right now that a lot of important news is getting swept under the rug. This drug shortage is getting serious. Hopefully the FDA will be able to work with manufacturers to sort out these supply chainContinue reading “Drug Shortages a Serious Concern”

It’s unfortunate we have to go back to wearing masks! I thought this mask- wearing business was going to be over but CDC recommendations for mask-wearing (even for vaccinated individuals) are back in effect. I am blaming the folks who are holding out on the vaccination! Shame on you all! I consider it a civicContinue reading “So nice to be able to breathe for a month!”

The 93rd Street Block club has been around for several years, but I have just been getting involved within the last year. The block club is for residents within a one-block radius of the intersection of 93rd Street and Harper Ave. This is in Calumet Heights, a South Side Chicago neighborhood. Here is the siteContinue reading “Block Club”