Category Archives: work

IE session bug

Posted on August 11, 2010 by welsh_dwarf

I’m just reposting this here so that it can help someone else. Internet Explorer doesn’t honor php sessions if the domaine name isn’t valid (hint: _ isn’t a valid caracter in domaine names). This can explain some hard to find … Continue reading →

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DNS 101

Posted on March 2, 2009 by welsh_dwarf

I just thought that I’d post a quickie on DNS FQDNs (Fully qualified domain names). Go to your browser, type in www.google.com, you get the google home page. Everythings normal there. Now, change your url, ad a dot (so that … Continue reading →

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Zabbix

Posted on February 7, 2008 by welsh_dwarf

Sometimes things that seem completely harmless just come and hit you over the head… That’s what happened to me with Zabbix yesterday. I was going through some items and cleaning up, when suddenly, 4 hosts went off-line. Except that they … Continue reading →

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Mon tout premier boulot…..

Posted on January 22, 2008 by welsh_dwarf

En me baladant sur le net ce midi, je suis retombé sur la site web de mon tout premier emploie. La Maison des Etudiants (1991-2003) était une association d’aide aux étudiants, qui grâce aux emplois jeunes, entre autre fournissait divers … Continue reading →

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VMware Server +nat -dhcp?

Posted on November 10, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

I’ve just been testing an install CD for enkix, our custom Debian installer, to make sure it works next week when I re-install some servers in Paris. The problem is that our datacenter lacks a dhcp server (everythings static), whereas … Continue reading →

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Stumped

Posted on April 25, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

I can’t quite understand this. In this day and age where pass by reference is the new black (ie, .net only passes by reference, java only passes base types by value), php has decided to be the black sheep (or … Continue reading →

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A week without mail…

Posted on April 19, 2007 by welsh_dwarf

… is something I don’t want to experience. I’m currently in the final stages of preparing a switch-over from a standard mail server to a virtual user based one, the transfer will be at just after 20:00, or in slightly … Continue reading →

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