Internet routers are supposed to operate in a stable fashion. Except they don’t (FritzBox *cough*) – especially when you’re away from home and need access to your home resources. Having to call someone related to go and reset the thing tends to get awkward. If you encounter this often enough, you begin looking for a… Continue reading Maintaining home network access from the outside with a network-controllable power plug, OpenWrt/LEDE and a 4G LTE stick
Category: Systems management
python-netsnmpagent 0.5.3 released
python-netsnmpagent version 0.5.3 has just been released.
Using your Raspberry Pi Zero’s USB wifi adapter as both Wifi client and access point
The Raspberry Pi Zero captivates with its small dimensions. This comes at a cost, however, with only one micro USB port available for peripherals of any kind. In this scenario you’ll probably think twice about what you connect to that port. “A USB hub” may sound like a natural choice but if you’re like me,… Continue reading Using your Raspberry Pi Zero’s USB wifi adapter as both Wifi client and access point
python-netsnmpagent 0.5.1 released
python-netsnmpagent version 0.5.1 has just been released.
python-netsnmpagent bugfix for trailing dots in table strings
I have just pushed two fixes that should be of interest to all python-netsnmpagent users:
My FOSDEM 2014 presentation on python-netsnmpagent
I just held Sunday’s first lightning talk on python-netsnmpagent at FOSDEM 2014. Unfortunately they had camera problems, so no recording, sorry. In case you’re interested in the slides, here you go: Slides from my FOSDEM 2014 presentation on python-netsnmpagent
Integrating Samba’s DNS server with existing dnsmasq installations
As an Active Directory encompasses not only LDAP and Kerberos but also DNS and there are funny things Microsoft does with DNS (dynamic updates, special SRV records to locate hosts etc.), running Samba as an Active Directory domain controller means running either the built-in DNS server or bind9 with a special DLZ plugin.
My SOHO network layer model
In my eyes, it makes sense to divide the elements that are part of a SOHO (small office/home office) network into one of two layers:
Configuring sssd’s Active Directory provider
Following up on the previous post, here’s how we get sssd to actually provide access to our Samba-driven Active Directory.
Making Samba users available locally to Linux systems
In the past, we used to integrate Samba and “native” Linux users by using a single password backend, often LDAP: