Active Directory Authentication with NConf

So I had to help someone else with getting NConf working with Active Directory LDAP on a Windows Domain, If you don’t understand the difference between DistinguishedName and sAMAccountName, then you will have some issues. Currently NConf will only use a DN for successful authentication and authorization (2 steps to getting access to NConf). This means you … Read more

Remove iThemes Security Lockouts Script

I decided to create a command line PHP script that would list the current iThemes Security Logs and also allow you to remove them based on IP Address. Here is the script which I’ve called “ithemes-clearip.php” and it’s Github link, its dirty and really was made in like 15 minutes. https://github.com/jordantrizz/wordpress-scripts <? // List and … Read more

Nagios NRPE Disk Check Error on Plesk

If you’re monitoring a server with Nagios NRPE that is running Plesk, you might have run into the following issue. The disck_check command may return the following lovely error message. DISK CRITICAL – /var/named/chroot/etc/named is not accessible: Permission denied The fix is rather simple, you just need to modify the /etc/nagios/nrpe.cfg file and change your … Read more

Setting up MikroTik/RouterOS with Conditional DNS Forwarding (UnoTelly/UnblockUS)

I have a MikroTik RouterOS device that has some custom DNS settings and therefore I cannot change the DNS servers it provides to clients, which is a requirement to use UnoTelly or Unblockus. Instead I found the following article very helpful, it allows you to configure Conditional DNS forwarding for specific domains. DNS Conditional forwarders … Read more

How to Disable the Displet Pop WordPress Plugin on Specific Pages

You won’t find much within the support forums in-regards to how to stop the Displet Pop plugin from loading on specific pages. However, I was able to find some pre-created code that does accomplish the task and just modified it for the Displet Pop plugin. function remove_displet_pop() { $ids = array(1358,1226); // ID’s of the … Read more

WordPress Plugin Wordtwit Add Twitter Account Not Working (Setup Instructions)

If you’ve recently upgraded Wordtwit, you’ll notice some changes which are specifically to address the old Twitter API being deprecated. You will need to create a Twitter Application for Wordtwit to be able to add a Twitter account. The developer has provided some instructions on how to correctly create a Twitter application for Wordtwit:Creating a … Read more

Receiving Windows 7 File In Use Errors or File Locked By Process Errors

For some reason I’ve been getting issues with applications trying to update themselves, file lock errors will occur. Today it started happening with Steam, it downloaded an update and tried to run but was unable to remove the Steam.exe file stating that it was in use. I did a bit of googling and found that … Read more

Export DHCP Leases to HTML or CSV in Windows Server 2003/2008

If you’re looking to export your DHCP leases on your Windows Server into a readable format, then the following article will help. http://theadminguy.com/2009/10/14/export-dhcp-leases-to-html-using-powershell/ You can also simply run the following command and copy and paste it into excel and it should match the columns correctly. netsh dhcp server 1.1.1.1 scope 1.1.1.0 show clients 1   … Read more