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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:
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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 …
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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.
The Gmail interface has been slimmed down to remove clutter and make it easier to find what you need. The result …
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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 …
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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 …
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We just upgraded to Firefox 3.6.2 and already a critical security issue has been found. That one issue is the only fix in Firefox 3.6.3, so you better update as soon as possible.
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I use Unison to keep a few directories synchronized between my various workstations and a collocated server. Unison works great, but occasionally has problems in my mixed operating system environment. The most frequent problem is
Failed: Destination updated during synchronization
This error message is not very helpful at all. Newer …
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After all this time, I still love VirtualBox, the open source hypervisor from Sun (now Oracle). I use it almost everyday on my iMac to either test something in Windows XP or see what's going on in some version of Linux. It's been almost a year since the release of …
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The time has come to upgrade to the latest version of Mozilla Firefox: Firefox 3.6.2. This version includes a fix for a critical security issue that could result in remote code execution. Additionally, other security and stability issues have been addressed. For all the nitty gritty details, check …
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Somehow, I have let my Gmail inbox get totally out of control. I don't know if it was the holidays or what, but as of this morning, I had over 800 unread messages in my Gmail inbox. I decided a little while ago that it was time to focus on …
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