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  1. Bind mounts from inside LXD

    Definitions:

    • host the server running lxd.
    • container the thing running inside of lxd.
    • uid the user id.

    Discussion

    lxd defaults to running non-privileged containers. By utilizing linux namespaces this permits the container to run a process such that from that processes point of view it is uid 0 (nee' root …

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  2. asprintf on Irix

    What do you do if you are writing something on Irix, Solairs, HP-UX or AIX in the 21st century you might find the string functions anemic? You could always just commit to a religious devotion to mallocing string buffers (as you should have if you were writing stuff 20 years …

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  3. Synology 6.0 Large MTU ds216play

    Guide to setting up large MTU on Synology ds216play:

    1. Don't.

    You can fiddle around with

    /etc/synoinfo.conf
    /etc.defaults/synoinfo.conf
    /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/*
    

    but you will discover that the unit is incapable of having a large MTU set.

    According to Synology the "DS216play do[es] not support adjusting …

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