Mac Terminal timeout with SSH – Solved!
If you’re like me and have a bajillion things open on your machine, it’s a real PITA to have a SSH session timing out after… Read More »Mac Terminal timeout with SSH – Solved!
Linux
Reset/Update NTP Server
There was an older machine on the network, with an outdated local NTP configuration, and the time was off by a couple minutes. This post… Read More »Reset/Update NTP Server
Using Grep to search for a string inside a file
Simple story here really. I had a borked config somewhere inside my /etc/ folder that was throwing some application errors. It’s a development machine with… Read More »Using Grep to search for a string inside a file
Merging multiple files using the cat command
Nothing major today, this is a straightforward case that I was surprised would work with the Linux cat command. I had a folder with several… Read More »Merging multiple files using the cat command
Fedora 20 as a (viable!) Windows Desktop Replacement
So I’ve been bound to windows desktops for so long, that it’s been my second nature for workstations. My de facto preference for most server… Read More »Fedora 20 as a (viable!) Windows Desktop Replacement
Introduction to Linux Systems Administration (a Workshop)
I recently delivered a free 5 (half) day workshop on an Introduction to Linux Systems Administration. The information was culled from a range of web… Read More »Introduction to Linux Systems Administration (a Workshop)
SSL Secured Apache Webserver
Here’s a quick way to run an SSL Secured Webserver. Ideally, a trusted Certificate Authority should be used, but as a proof of concept, we’ll… Read More »SSL Secured Apache Webserver
Reset MySQL root password on CentOS 5.x
I had one of those oh-crap moments and forgot the mysql root password in one of my development/test machines.This is a reblog of someone else’s… Read More »Reset MySQL root password on CentOS 5.x
InnoDB Restore Backup Procedure
My previous post elaborated on some scripts on backing up a MySQL Database with the InnoDB storage engine. This post documents the restore procedure using… Read More »InnoDB Restore Backup Procedure
InnoDB Backup Scripts
Following up on my earlier post about converting the storage engine on a MySQL Database from MyISAM to InnoDB, I’d like to share the following… Read More »InnoDB Backup Scripts