Laurens Gregoir, Author at Don Zalmrol

ZoneMinder installation with Debian

By Laurens Gregoir Tuesday 24 November 2020ITCertificates, Debian, Linux, NVS, SSL, ZM, ZoneMinderNo Comments

A fully detailed guide on how you can install Zoneminder on your own private server running Debian with SSL integration. Why? I was doubting between purchasing a Network Video Recorder (NVS) and setting up an old server with ZoneMinder. Update: Since 2022 I have a DVR to save on power…

Script to start and stop Microsoft Direct Access when needed

By Laurens Gregoir Wednesday 25 March 2020ITDirect Access, Microsoft, Powershell, Servers, VPNNo Comments

Why? With COVID-19 (Corona) the need to work from home/ remote is needed more then ever. We were lucky to have a decent setup in the company I work for to support over 350 users to work remote without any major issues. Besides our trusty clustered VPN solution we have…

How to take ownership of a terminal user folder so you can safely remove it

By Laurens Gregoir Wednesday 25 March 2020ITMicrosoft, Powershell, RDP, Terminal ServerNo Comments

Introduction This was an annoying issue for me to remove the a terminal server user's profile from our file servers. Each time you need to remove an user's folder you get the standard access denied, then you need to change the permissions, inheritance, etc... so to save my colleagues and…

A Chernobyl visit with an Arduino Geiger counter

By Laurens Gregoir Sunday 01 September 2019ElectronicsArduino, Arduino Geiger Counter, Chernobyl, Exclusion Zone, Geiger Counter, Geiger Müller, Pripyat, SBM-20, SI-3, Terra-P, Tubes, ValvesNo Comments

Introduction Perhaps an odd project for my site but with some friends we visited the Chernobyl exclusion zone, small town of Zalyssa, city of Pripyat (Get out of here Stalker), Chernobyl (Vladimir Ilyich Lenin) nuclear power plant and Duga 3 Over The Horizon (OTH) Radar installation receiver on the 29th of…