Category Archives: How-To

Install NVidia on Linux Mint

Posted on 2016-04-10 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

If you have a NVidia graphics card, you will need to install drivers for your Linux Mint OS to use this hardware. If you got it, use it, especially if you are using multiple screens. Follow the instructions on this … Continue reading →

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Renewing Let’s Encrypt Certificate for OwnCloud

Posted on 2016-03-20 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Assuming you have followed the steps in the previous article to get your certificate, then you should be able to run this if your certificate is not expired. cd /tmp/letsencrypt sudo ./letsencrypt-auto renew or to get a new certificate sudo ./letsencrypt-auto -c … Continue reading →

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Moving large files and folders in OwnCloud

Posted on 2016-03-13 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

OwnCloud works well for small changes and uploads, but moving or renaming a folder that is a few gigabytes will be troublesome. OwnCloud might think you are actually deleting and then reuploading the files. You can try WebDAV for reasonably … Continue reading →

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Linux Mint 17.3 and OwnCloud Desktop Client

Posted on 2016-03-13 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

How to do it wrong, way 1 Using the OwnCloud client that is in the Software Sources provided in Linux Mint is wrong! This downloads an older version of the Desktop Client that will fail when connecting to your updated … Continue reading →

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Moving OwnCloud to a new home

Posted on 2016-03-13 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

OwnCloud lives where you live. So when you move, OwnCloud is coming with you. Here are suggestions for your move. Back up your data. No brainer because you already back it up! Disconnect as late as possible. Your server will be … Continue reading →

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Flashing new nightlies on an Encrypted CyanogenMod

Posted on 2016-03-12 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Once you encrypt your CyanogenMod 13 device, you will not be able to decrypt the device. You will also notice that when you restart into TWRP, you will not be able to see your sdcard… because it is encrypted! You might … Continue reading →

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Find weak file permissions on a shared drive

Posted on 2016-02-21 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

There are two reasons you want to find weak file permissions on a drive shared with other users: You want to protect your files from other users. You want to prank other users by modifying their files Find the files … Continue reading →

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OwnCloud down after Power Outage

Posted on 2016-02-17 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request.
Please contact the server administrator if this error reappears multiple times, please include the technical details below in your report.
More details can be found in the server log Continue reading →

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Upgrade to OwnCloud 8.2.2

Posted on 2016-02-16 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

When upgrading to OwnCloud 8.2.2, most of this can be done via the web browser. In the Admin page, you will see on the Updates section. Here is where it will first make your backup. When that is complete, you … Continue reading →

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Marriott High Speed Internet

Posted on 2016-02-14 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

3-device limit reached. To connect a new device, please disconnect one of your other connected devices. Continue reading →

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Beware of Phishing Emails at Work

Posted on 2016-02-06 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Phishing emails and its advanced brother called spear phishing are dangerous for everyone. At work though, you do not want to be the person that compromises your business by introducing a hole in the security. Hackers only need one way … Continue reading →

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Xposed Framework Modules

Posted on 2016-01-31 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Rooting, CyanogenMod, Xposed Framework. Those are three things I always wanted on my phone. Well, I finally got the 3rd so I am happy. Here is a review on the modules. XMultiWindow was the main draw. I wanted to be able … Continue reading →

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System UI has stopped

Posted on 2016-01-05 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

On a LG G3, to reboot into Safe Mode, restart your phone normally. Once you see the splash screen, hold down the Volume Down button until the OS loads. Continue reading →

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OwnCloud 8.2 Security and Setup Warnings

Posted on 2015-12-22 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

On the Admin Page’s Security and Setup Warnings section, I got a new warning that needed investigation. Transactional file locking is using the database as locking backend, for best performance it’s advised to configure a memcache for locking. See the … Continue reading →

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Let’s Encrypt certificate steps for OwnCloud

Posted on 2015-12-20 by Brian Agrawal Goodacre

Let’s encrypt is available now for OwnCloud (and everything else) users to run and get a free certificate for. No more self-signed certificates that display an ugly error page or having to pay for a certificate from a certificate authority. … Continue reading →

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