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Invoke-RestMethod : The remote server returned an error: (400) Bad Request for PATCH request
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I am working on stale device cleanup script to perform cleanup of stale devices from Azure AD tenant. I am also using graphAPI to retrieve device information Via GET request which works fine. But when I try to use PATCH/POST request to update device status, it is not working as expected and throws an 400 error message. I have tried modifying the body part and received 404 and 403 error messages as well. ...

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Same user on GCS VM has sudo when SSH connecting but not by chrome remote desktop
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I set up a Debian VM on Google Cloud Services. When I connect to the terminal via SSH from the GCS VM interface and run sudo ls as the user user@project, I get:

User user may run the following commands on project:
    (ALL : ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

However, when I connect to the same VM via Chrome Remote Desktop service using this tutorial and run the same command as the same user (user@project), I ge ...

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Procmail sends an auto reply but doesn't deliver to Inbox
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I started an auto response recipe for certain user hours ago.
I got the auto reply sent and the original mail delivered into Inbox. I tested it several times.
I made some minor changes in formail and now auto reply is sent but the original mail is not delivered to Inbox.
I went back to the first recipe but the problem remains.
I also tried changing the sender address, checked spam marked mails and ...

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VXLAN L3 over Wireguard L3, with VLAN-VNI Mapping
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Hoping this is the right place - I originally posted on Network Engineering but it got closed and I was pointed to Server Fault.

I am currently attempting to setup a L2 bridge between two sites using VXLAN to provide the L2 connectivity and Wireguard as transport/L3. I've previously done a Layer 2 bridge like this using GRE over Wireguard and it's been rock-solid, but I'm trying to better underst ...

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Openvpn(on Pfsense) behind NAT, not connecting
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I have Pfsense firewall behind a NAT gateway . Huawei router --> pfsense --> LAN network

i have setup openvpn on pfsense with wizard, forwarded ports from Huawei router to pfsense WAN port of openvpn. i can see incoming packets coming to openvpn but not going out somehow.

Is there any special configuration required to accomplish this? i want to use pfsense as remote access vpn server for remot ...

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What program is being executed upon time command?
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In my terminal in Ubuntu, I want to execute the time program with option -v, but it fails:

$ time -v ls
-v: command not found

However if I specify the path /usr/bin/time of the program as such, it works:

$ /usr/bin/time -v ls
foo  bar  baz
        Command being timed: "ls"
        User time (seconds): 0.00
        ...

So it seems that time and /usr/bin/time are different executables. But to my  ...

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Wrong results after DNS Zone transfer with NS records being updated properly
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I migrated a DNS Zone example.org from one provider (foo.tld) to another one (bar.tld) one week ago.

To test the successful transition, I created a new TXT record test.example.org on bar's backend with a nonempty value.

The result is unexpected and strange, no matter what nameserver I am using (Google, Cloudflare, my ISP):

  • If I query dig example.org NS, I get the (updated) result of dns1.bar.tld, dns2. ...
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Wireguard Client to Client issues
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Server: Ubuntu

  • Wireguard server all clients connect to
  • Runs SMB share: all clients can access when the VPN is connected
  • Clients can ping eachother

Client a: Windows Server 2022

  • Firewall: Allow 192.168.6.0/24
  • IIS *:80
    • Works locally, works on VPN Server (wget), does not work on client b. Client b can access IIS over the server's public IP address, not the VPN address
  • SQL Server
    • configured to a ...

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