August 2019 – Vassox

Error Msg: ex protocol error: type 7 seq

August 24, 2019

This seems to be a common / uncommon bug in SSH. I have notice its appearance during the transfer of large files via SFTP. …

Ubuntu 19.04 Network Boot Delay and Setting NIC to Optional via Netplan

August 22, 2019

Ubuntu 19.04 changes the way network interfaces are maintained. No longer /etc/network/interfaces – now we have netplan. This can cause some confusion when initially…

Removing Bad Blocks With FSCK

August 20, 2019

Occasionally hard drives encounter continuity errors, even on Linux. Recently I had a disk which I tried running every manner and combination of FSCK…

Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – How to fetch data exposed by OData services

August 6, 2019

The Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet sends an HTTP(S) request to a REST-compliant web service. You can use it to consume data exposed by, for example, the…

Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – Diagnosing network connectivity

August 6, 2019

The Test-NetConnection cmdlet (available on Windows 8.1 / Server 2012 R2) displays diagnostic information for a connection. 12#Returns detailed diagnostic information for vassox.com Test-NetConnection…

Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – PipelineVariable Common Parameter

August 6, 2019

In PowerShell 4.0, the PipelineVariable lets you save the results of a piped command (or part of a piped command) as a variable that…

Windows PowerShell 4.0 Examples – How to Generate Complex Password

August 6, 2019

There is no built-in cmdlet to generate a password, but we can leverage a vast number of .NET Framework classes. System.Web.Security.Membership class has a…