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07 Jan 2020 5 minutes read
FB4 Confirm Actively Listening TCP Ports With Lsof
  • Advanced topics Mac OS Networking

Confirm Actively Listening TCP Ports With Lsof

**Listening TCP ports in macOS** I was researching SSH daemon configuration on my macOS Catalina system and realised …

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17 Dec 2019 3 minutes read
FB4 Protecting Directories With Sticky Bit
  • Advanced topics How-To

Protecting Directories With Sticky Bit

**sticky bit on /tmp/try directory**

One of the least used and usually forgotten features in Linux/Unix filesystems, …

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04 Oct 2019 3 minutes read
FB4 Show Process Limits Using /Proc Filesystem
  • Advanced topics How-To Linux News

Show Process Limits Using /Proc Filesystem

**Show process limits with /proc filesystem** I think I mentioned the special /proc filesystem before, it’s …

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26 Sep 2019 2 minutes read
FB4 Attach Interface to Specific Firewall Zone in RHEL 8
  • Advanced topics How-To Networking Red Hat

Attach Interface to Specific Firewall Zone in RHEL 8

[**RHEL 8**][1]

One of the first things I had to do on my recently built RHEL 8 PC was to move the primary network …

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20 Sep 2019 2 minutes read
FB4 How to Show LUKS Passphrase Slots
  • Advanced topics How-To

How to Show LUKS Passphrase Slots

[**Unix Tutorial**][1] As you might know, it’s possible to add multiple passphrases to the same LUKS encrypted …

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13 Sep 2019 2 minutes read
FB4 Confirm Firewall Configuration in RHEL 8
  • Advanced topics Networking Red Hat Security

Confirm Firewall Configuration in RHEL 8

**List Firewall Rules in RHEL 8** I’m fascinated by the improvements and new features in RHEL 8, plus it’s a …

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08 Sep 2019 1 minutes read
FB4 Specify User per Task in Ansible
  • Advanced topics Red Hat

Specify User per Task in Ansible

**become_user per task in Ansible** Turns out, become_user directive can be used not only for privilege escalation …

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04 Sep 2019 2 minutes read
FB4 Setting Alternatives Path for Python Command in RHEL 8
  • Advanced topics

Setting Alternatives Path for Python Command in RHEL 8

**alternatives: python to /usr/bin/python3** Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 comes with support for both Python 2 and Python …

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23 Aug 2019 3 minutes read
FB4 Show Monitor Resolutions With Xrandr
  • Advanced topics How-To Linux

Show Monitor Resolutions With Xrandr

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One of the things still left to be done on my Ubuntu laptop is to get the full resolution output on my LG 5K monitor. …

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19 Aug 2019 3 minutes read
FB4 Deploy Your SSH Key to Remote Server
  • Advanced topics Security

Deploy Your SSH Key to Remote Server

Adding SSH key to remote server

One of the greatest improvements introduced by the SSH protocol is key-based …

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