Author: Steven Kussmaul

  • salesforce certifications

    looking at taking my next SF cert, investigating the available options. some reference info is below. the AI exams are brand new, and are being marketed for SF as a way to demonstrate their ecosystem is strong, therefore the exams are free through dec2025. regular price of exams is: AI associate is only $100 test…

  • all about ACL’s in trueNAS

    i need to figure out how to set these permssions correct for all the shares and app’s i’d like to install for data management. here’s some resources to read through. to start, i will go through this, and add notes and info here as i do. https://www.truenas.com/docs/scale/scaletutorials/datasets/permissionsscale https://www.truenas.com/docs/scale/scaleuireference/datasets/editaclscreens https://www.truenas.com/docs/references/aclprimer https://www.reddit.com/r/truenas/comments/vuwezk/i_dont_understand_how_to_set_acl_for_a_smb_share/

  • how to setup Cisco Catalyst 2960-X series switch

    Recently, i got an EOL Cisco Catalyst 2960-X switch, and this is what i’ve learned about how to set it up from scratch. it seems like the community eschews these because they’re too intimidating, or maybe its just that they’re so proprietary nobody wants to deal with learning such a niche product with so few…

  • how to crossflash LSI 9300 HBA card

    the following is a copy/paste from an internet archive page, copied here for convenience: Compact Steps (Using ONLY MEGAREC3 and MEGACLI in DOS) (These instructions will allow you to flash a Dell H330 Raid card to a HBA330 Card with IT HBA firmware without using Windows, using only DOS tools) Steps:1. Using the same files I included…

  • current Ipad lineup july 2024

  • how to work with networking in Debian terminal

    this will be an explainer about the “ip” command, and some general info about wifi commands in linux. first command we will use is ip: the “a” can be interchanged with “a”, “addr” or “address”, they all mean and do the same thing. references/further reading:

  • how to use the sudo/su command

    in my previous project to set up CUPS on a x86 Debian PC, i had to learn something about the su command, since the OS doesn’t come with the command bundled. i was trying to explain this within that tutorial, but realized that it’s enough to break out into it’s own section. so, a bit…

  • Follow-Up on CUPS server

    I decided to switch to an x86 PC instead of continuing to use the raspberry pi as my print server. eventually i would like to move to virtualized servers in xcp-ng with this new hardware. for now, i’m just doing a a “lift-and-shift” project to move print server to debian12. because I’m staying with debian,…

  • Java environment variables in windows

    As a followup to my post about how to install Java, i want to do a bit of explaining about how to set up environment variables in windows. it’s pretty simple, but there are a lot of choices, so just doing the correct path first is the easiest. we will be creating the Java_Home variable,…

  • how to make wordpress posts appear as exerpts on homepage

    next project to work on, for this site. you’ll know its working when the pages have this! https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-themes/how-to-display-post-excerpts-in-wordpress-themes/