SSH on Port 995

So, it turned out my workaround of putting SSH on the non-SSL IMAP port 143 wasn’t a great idea and I figured out something much more simple.

Of course, a cPanel update broke that workaround, so rather than futz with IMAP settings again, I disabled POP3.  That freed up 995 and 110.  So, I put SSH on 995 and cPanel doesn’t freak out with that.

Much easier, no need to muck with config files other than sshd_config, and it works just fine at the hospital with sshuttle.

Cleaning up old kernels on an Ubuntu box

So, I’m piddling around, cleaning up old kernels on my crappy Ubuntu server.  I thought I’d make a note for future reference, I always have to Google whenever it occurs to me to do this.

Find the running kernel (so I know what not to delete):

root@schoolserver:~# uname -r
3.19.0-47-generic

Here’s what I’ve got installed:

root@schoolserver:~# dpkg --list | grep linux-image | grep -v module
ii  linux-image-3.19.0-43-generic        3.19.0-43.49~14.04.1                 i386         Linux kernel image for version 3.19.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-3.19.0-47-generic        3.19.0-47.53~14.04.1                 i386         Linux kernel image for version 3.19.0 on 32 bit x86 SMP
ii  linux-image-generic-lts-vivid        3.19.0.47.32                         i386         Generic Linux kernel image

Lemme remove the old, unused one:

root@schoolserver:~# apt-get purge linux-image-3.19.0-43-generic
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  linux-headers-3.19.0-42 linux-headers-3.19.0-42-generic
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  linux-image-3.19.0-43-generic* linux-image-extra-3.19.0-43-generic*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
After this operation, 155 MB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y

There’s no power button on this weird machine, it boots when you plug it in.  My workaround for powering it off is that I’ve set the grub timeout to 3 minutes. Reboot, then unplug it at the grub menu.

Imported content from the “Southside XO Techs” Blog from Blogger

Way back in 2010, I set up Southside XO Techs on Blogspot (or Blogger or whatever Google’s Blogging service is called now).  That’s where I made notes on XO and XS stuff.

Anyway, now that I’ve got this WordPress thing, I went ahead and migrated the content from there.  That’s why you’re seeing posts in the archive here starting from 2010 even though I set this up for work practice in March of 2015.

I guess I’ll leave that blog up over there, though I haven’t posted to it in years.  Exporting and importing the xml file with all the posts was really easy.  Though it kept the image links the same, pointed at Blogspot, so I had to manually fix the images to be hosted here.

Moved to a new subdomain

I’ve been meaning to move this WordPress installation to its own cPanel account and subdomain.  While I was at it, I updated WordPress and switched to the 2016 theme.

This is still a crappy site with barely any content, cause I basically just use it for practice for work, but hopefully it’s more secure now.  Oh, and I got a free SSL cert from our favorite CA – Startcom.

Let the comment spam commence!

Lola the Fridge

So, Tyler went to Lowe’s on Saturday.  Saw a fridge on clearance for $750 (down from $1500) and couldn’t stop thinking about it.  Saturday night, he’s sitting around drinking beer, thinking about this fridge.  Lowe’s didn’t close till 10, so he called around 9 pm to ask if it was still there.

The manager lady said, “Yes, it’s still here and I just marked it down to $601.”  Hold wasn’t good enough, Tyler bought it over the phone.

Lowe’s delivered it on Sunday.  Plugged it in, but it kept beeping.  Turns out, they borked up the door sensor for the freezer (the door sensors are in the hinges on the top) and the freezer didn’t know the door was closed.  We could see the LED lights were still on through the ice dispenser.

Tyler fixed the door sensor and ordered a water line kit from Amazon.  Got the water line hooked up in the basement and drilled a little hole in the kitchen floor to run it.

Monday, which I had off, I worked to transfer all the stuff from the old 80’s fridge to the new fridge.  And threw a lot of moldy food on the compost pile, my goodness.  The old fridge was definitely not “food safe.”

Tyler got the water line hooked up and it’s producing cold water and ice.  The ice maker doesn’t work if it detects the door is open, we think that’s why Lowe’s said the ice maker was “defective” and marked it down so much.  Though Tyler did have to replace some of the water line.

Tyler’s been really enthusiastic about the fridge and the deal.  Cause the deal was amazing.  And the fridge is amazing.

Anyway, this evening, Tyler asks “Do you want to name the fridge?”

Me:  “You want to name it Lola, don’t you.”

Tyler:  “Now I do.  We shall call her Lola.  And she shall provide us ice and water and food.”

Me:  Facepalm

Yes, the fridge is now named Lola
Here’s Lola, keeping the beer cold at a precise 42 degrees.