In a test lab, we ran into a situation where the connection between our Cisco Access Registrar (AAA) server and MySQL server was timing out. This forced the server to reconnect and resulted in the following errors: name/radius/1 Error Server 0 ODBC client (DataSource ‘my_odbc’, Connection 8): SQLExecute failed: SQLState:08S01 NativeError:2006 ErrorText:[MySQL][ODBC 3.51 Driver][mysqld-5.0.21-log] MySQL [...]

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Oracle’s VirtualBox 3.2.8 has been released. This is a maintenance release that mainly focuses on bug fixes rather than new features. Although I don’t think the changes in this release are as prolific as the fixes in 3.2.6, it’s definitely worth downloading. One key feature buried in the Changelog is the ability to attach one [...]

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The guys at Google have rolled out a few interface changes for Gmail users. So far, these changes have not been rolled out to Google Apps users. New Look The Gmail interface has been slimmed down to remove clutter and make it easier to find what you need. The result is less links in the [...]

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I always forget to do this. Long ago I installed XQuartz on my Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard) desktop. For the life of me, I can’t remember why I installed it. XQuartz replaces the X11 that comes with Mac OS X. I might have done this since XQuartz is more up to date than Apple’s [...]

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Before version 1.8, Google Apps Sync for Microsoft Outlook did not support automatic updating of your domain’s Global Address List (GAL). Domain administrators were forced to creating a static copy of the GAL and make that available to Outlook via a change in the desktop’s registry. With the latest version, the GAL will be kept [...]

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