Category: SysAdmin
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error/invalidrestorefile Errors Trying to Restore a Course in Moodle
I am running Moodle 3.1 (Build: 20160609); however, none of that matters. I had errors restoring files as I reset my system for the next academic year which I do immediately before they send me packing for the summer season. I got it to work last Friday but on Monday decided to start again from…
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BestOf: Wireless Nework Watcher
Everyone in my neighborhood is so close, and along with XFinity routers, everyone attaches to everyone else’s Bluetooth and WiFi without much thought at all over various times. When I wanted to monitor my WiFi I used one of my favorite tools Wireless Network Watcher from NirSoft. I had forgotten one of their other cute…
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Setting Up Moodle to Use Google Mail: Postfix on Fedora 22
When I set up my Moodle Server, one of the things that I wanted to do was be able to send the emails to the students as well as logs and various system emails. Creating your Relay If you haven’t done so already, you need to install postfix first. # dnf install postfix Next you…
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How to convert an entire MySQL database character set and collation to UTF-8?
I found myself in need of upgrading a number of older wordpress sites to change from the old latin1_swedish_ci to UTF-8, both the character set and collation. I utilized a command line SQL prompt to accomplish this. Modify the appropriate parameters “test” for your database, and “yourpasswordhere” with your password, ymmv, and have fun. I am…