Windows : Complete certificate request denied with IIS8

I recently end up with the following error while completing a certificate request on Windows Server 2012 and IIS 8 : Execption from HRESULT: 0x8007005(E_ACCESSDENIED) The workaround I’ve found is to manually install the certificate. Follow theses steps to proceed with a manual SSL certificate installation : 1. Open the Microsoft Management Console (well known… Read More »

Linux : Cacti the image cache directory does not exist

Getting this error trying to use the real time graph usage with Cacti? The Image Cache Directory directory does not exist. Please first create it and set permissions and then attempt to open another realtime graph. OR : The Image Cache Directory is not writable. Please set permissions and then attempt to open another realtime… Read More »

Windows : Symantec Ghost Application error 437

Getting this error while attempting to restore a Symantec Ghost image from DVD (or any optical media) under WinPE? Ghost Error Application error 437 cannot read from file The main causes are the following : – Image integrity check failed due to corrupted image and/or drive read error – Source image was created using compression… Read More »

Mac : Wireshark won’t start and ask for X11 with OSX Mavericks

With the latest OSX Mavericks 10.9 release, Wireshark refuse to open and complain about X11. First, make sure you have the latest XQuartz installed. It can be found at : http://xquartz.macosforge.org/ (Make sure to logoff/login again to your session once you installed it.) Then, if you attempt to open up Wireshark, you’ll end up with… Read More »

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Linux : Could not get shadow information for user

Having problems connecting to your server with SSH and get this error messages in the system logs? sshd[0000]: input_userauth_request: invalid user <user> sshd[0000]: error: Could not get shadow information for <user> sshd[0000]: Failed password for invalid user <user> from 0.0.0.0 port 00000 ssh2 This mean you are missing “UsePAM” directive and/or the directive is set… Read More »

Mac : MacPorts selfupdate failed on OSX Mavericks

Upgraded to Mac OSX Mavericks lately? Well, you’ll need to update MacPorts once you’re done to keep it working. To update MacPorts, just do the following command in Terminal : sudo port -v selfupdate The terminal will keep working running a bunch of scripts by itself, then you end up with the following output error… Read More »