SHIFT-WIKI - Sjoerd Hooft's InFormation Technology
This WIKI is my personal documentation blog. Please enjoy it and feel free to reach out through blue sky if you have a question, remark, improvement or observation. See below for the latest additions, or use the search or tags to browse for content.
Fix: Cygwin: Cannot establish any listening sockets
Summary: Fix the Cygwin error 'Cannot establish any listening sockets' by gaining ownership on a locked file on a Windows AD Domain Server.
Date: Around 2019
Refactor: 2 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Fix: CTRL + S Freezes Putty
Summary: How to fix the behavior on linux with putty that pressing 'CTRL' + 'S' seems to freeze the box.
Date: Around 2015
Refactor: 9 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Whenever I press CTRL+S in putty the terminal seems to freeze. It's actually not, but it doesn't show anything. That is because CTRL+S initiates the XOFF command, which means it accepts keystrokes but doesn't show it. There are two fixes:
Fix: sshd: error: subsystem: cannot stat /usr/libexec/sftp-server
Summary: How to fix the error 'cannot stat /usr/libexec/sftp-server' on a AIX 6.1 box.
Date: Around 2014
Refactor: 9 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.
Fix: AIX: Sendmail: Gethostbyaddr ipv6 Failed
Summary: Fix the 'Sendmail: Gethostbyaddr ipv6 Failed' error on aix.
Date: Around 2013
Refactor: 6 January 2025: Checked links and formatting.